Command, Option, & Shift Symbols in Unicode
May 27th, 2009
Unicode does define some other characters which are sort of Mac-specific.
⌘ - ⌘ - ⌘ – the Command Key symbol
⌥ - ⌥ - ⌥ – the Option Key symbol
⇧ - ⇧ - ⇧ – the Shift Key symbol
⎋ - ⎋ - ⎋ – the Power Button
Note: The Power Button and Shift Key are not Mac-specific. The power button is described as “broken circle with northwest arrow”, or an escape character from ISO 9995-7. The shift key is described as an “outline up-arrow”.
Even though these are defined in standard Unicode, there is no guarantee that they will exist in the font of the receiving browser, but they’;re at least globally defined, so they’;re fair game.