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Even for simple arrows, I'd go with the multitude of unicode arrows.

This has the added benefit of screen reader support.

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edit: I'm not sure why I can't reply to you below, but here are some of the unicode arrows:

http://img.skitch.com/20101119-n8558618t59wn8gdw5n6buax3d.me...

It's easy enough to get screen readers to ignore it, if it is truly presentational.



Thanks, you're right, plenty of options - http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/arrows.html

But there doesn't seem to be one for the simplest: just a basic triangle.


Look here: http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/geometric_shapes.html


I'm not sure some simple arrows can be achieved with unicode characters...nor would you want a screenreader to pay attention to what is purely presentational.




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