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

This is probably pedantry, but so far no one has really given a solution "to create a close button using CSS only." only. Here you go:

#close:before {
  content: "✖";
  border: 1px solid gray;
  background-color:#eee;
  padding:0.5em;
  cursor: pointer;
}

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/VaWqYg