Unicode First, Previous, Next, and Last

Question

Unicode has snowmen and chess pieces. Does it have the first (<< or |<), previous (<), next (>) and last (>> or >|) symbols? Those would be quite useful for site navigation between articles and the like.

Answer 1

it has « (0x00AB) and » (0x00BB)

or maybe these:

• ⇤ (first 0x21E4)
• ← (prev 0x2190)
• → (next 0x2192)
• ⇥ (last 0x21E5)

Answer 2

You also have these options:

• ⏮ (0x23EE)
• ⏪ (0x23EA)
• ◄ (0x25C4)
• ► (0x25BA)
• ⏩ (0x23E9)
• ⏭ (0x23ED)

Answer 3

And a whole slew of arrows.

Answer 4

I like these: 〈 〉

.next:before {
  content: '\232a';
}
.prev:before {
  content: '\2329';
}

Answer 5

I can't find any symbols with those exact meanings, so I guess that you have to combine symbols into what you want. Perhaps the arrows 276E and 276F, and the vertical bar 2759 (PDF).

If you are using this on a webpage, you should be a bit restrictive with what characters you use. Not all fonts have the entire unicode character set, and as you know you can never be 100% sure that the page is shown using the font that you want. Perhaps images may be a better choise to get a consistent look.

Answer 6

Hmmm...

According to this pdf document, you want

U+2190: ← left arrow

U+2192: → right arrow

U+219E: ↞ something like 'first'

U+21A0: ↠ something like 'last'