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I am looking for character which could replace image icon, for example like ✘ (xmark) and ✔ (tick), maybe some symbol to "draft" or "new message"?
EDIT:
Fav: ❤
Draft: ✍
Message: ✉
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Inserting Unicode characters To insert a Unicode character, type the character code, press ALT, and then press X. For example, to type a dollar symbol ($), type 0024, press ALT, and then press X. For more Unicode character codes, see Unicode character code charts by script.
The most common encodings are the ASCII-compatible UTF-8, the UCS-2-compatible UTF-16, and GB18030 which is not an official Unicode standard but is used in China and implements Unicode fully.
The code point is a unique number for a character or some symbol such as an accent mark or ligature. Unicode supports more than a million code points, which are written with a "U" followed by a plus sign and the number in hex; for example, the word "Hello" is written U+0048 U+0065 U+006C U+006C U+006F (see hex chart).
To find useful symbols, I have two great resources:
Allows you to draw a shape, which it then searches for similarly shaped unicode symbols.
Lists unicode by the character blocks (using an embedded unicode font to maximize compatibility for display) and has a "display a certain block with images" functionality that allows you to review symbol blocks.
Both are quite useful though I often end up using shapecatcher these days just because it's a fun break just to be able to draw the shape that you want and have the site pull it up for you. At least, sometimes it will put it up.
http://shapecatcher.com/unicode/block/Miscellaneous_Symbols_And_Pictographs is also a great category of unicode symbols, though as with all unicode, you may have to test compatibility.
https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/block/miscellaneous_symbols/images.htm is the block of the miscellaneous symbols, for comparison.
Are also good symbols to add to the list.
Edit: In 2019 I would now recommend using a robust icon pack, either in svg form or font-file form, the presentation of unicode is often less controllable for web developers.
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stackoverflow.com used to use "●" (U+25CF BLACK CIRCLE) for badges.
There are tons of useful characters in Unicode:
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← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ↕ ↖ ↗ ↘ ↙
just to name a few...
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