Unicode character for “X” cancel / close?

Question

I want to create a close button using CSS only.

I\'m sure I\'m not the first to do this, so does anyone know which font has an \'x\' the same width as height, so that it

Answer 1

What about using the ×-mark (the multiplication symbol), × in HTML, for that?

"x" (letter) should not be used to represent anything else other than the letter X.