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Asked: 2026-05-24T16:48:39+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Adding HTML entities using CSS content I have the following setup CSS:

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Adding HTML entities using CSS content

I have the following setup

CSS:

.header:before {
    content: "«";
}

.header:after {
    content: "»";
}

HTML:

<h3 class="header">Hello, this is some text which should be wrapped.</h3>

I’d simply like whatever is written in header to be wrapped in « (&laquo;) and » (&raquo;). How can I make this work in the CSS? It’s currently appearing as:

&laquo; Hello, this is some text which should be wrapped. &raquo;

rather than:

« Hello, this is some text which should be wrapped. »

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can’t use HTML entities in CSS, but you can use Unicode hex escapes, such as

    span.url:before { content: "\27e8" }
span.url:after { content: "\27e9" }

    (from one of my own stylesheets — look up the hex codepoints for the exact characters you want yourself). Notice that unlike in some other notations, hex digits follow the backslash directly, with no intervening u.

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