HTML for the Pause symbol in audio and video contr

Question

I'm trying to find the Unicode symbol to make a button display the Unicode pause symbol. I was able to find that the Unicode play symbol is &#9658 but I'm looking for the equivalent of the Unicode pause symbol.

Answer 1

If you want one that's a single character to match the right-facing triangle for "play," try Roman numeral 2. Ⅱ is Ⅱ in HTML. If you can put formatting tags around it, it looks really good in bold. Ⅱ is <b>&#8545;</b> in HTML. This has much better support than the previously mentioned double vertical bar.

Answer 2

I found it, it’s in the Miscellaneous Technical block. ⏸ (U+23F8)

Answer 3

Following may come in handy:

• ⏩ ⏩
• ⏪ ⏪
• ⏫ ⓫
• ⏬ ⏬
• ⏭ ⏭
• ⏮ ⏮
• ⏯ ⏯
• ⏴ ⏴
• ⏵ ⏵
• ⏶ ⏶
• ⏷ ⏷
• ⏸ ⏸
• ⏹ ⏹
• ⏺ ⏺

NOTE: apparently, these characters aren't very well supported in popular fonts, so if you plan to use it on the web, be sure to pick a webfont that supports these.

Answer 4

Modern browsers support 'DOUBLE VERTICAL BAR' (U+23F8), too:

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/23f8/index.htm

For a music player it can act as a companion for 'BLACK RIGHT-POINTING POINTER' (U+25BA) because they both share equal width and height making it perfect for a play/pause button:

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/25ba/index.htm

Answer 5

The ISO 7000 / IEC 60417 Symbol for Pause; Interruption is #5111B. See Media_Controls

Answer 6

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