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Unicode has snowmen and chess pieces. Does it have the first (<< or |<), previous (<), next (>) and last (>> or >|) symbols? Those would be quite useful for site navigation between articles and the like.

+4  A: 

it has « (0x00AB) and » (0x00BB)

or maybe these:

  • ⇤ (first 0x21E4)
  • ← (prev 0x2190)
  • → (next 0x2192)
  • ⇥ (last 0x21E5)
Aziz
These are left/right quotation marks, not arrows.
GSerg
I know, but they could be (are?) used as navigation links
Aziz
+2  A: 

And a whole slew of arrows.

Sean Bright
+1  A: 

Hmmm...

According to this, you want U+2190 - left arrow

U+2192 - right arrow

U+21A0 - something like 'first'

U+219E - something like 'last'

GSerg
Please warn when a link is going to a pdf. It's a painful and unpleasant surprise.
Dinah
Sorry. It was a such tiny PDF (84 KB) that I thought it was even smaller than an average page, so no need to warn.
GSerg
+2  A: 

I can't find any symbols with those exact meanings, so I guess that you have to combine symbols into what you want. Perhaps the arrows 276E and 276F, and the vertical bar 2759 (PDF).

If you are using this on a webpage, you should be a bit restrictive with what characters you use. Not all fonts have the entire unicode character set, and as you know you can never be 100% sure that the page is shown using the font that you want. Perhaps images may be a better choise to get a consistent look.

Guffa