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From: wolfgang.berndorfer
Date: May 25, 2023 3:05PM

I agree with Glen that a Unicode symbol would be a clever idea to use:
1. You save a lot of work around to provide a text alternative for an image or a font awesome icon etc. JAWS and NVDA interpret Unicode symbols quite reliable. Just the texting does not always fit perfectly.
2. A screen reader provides the interpretation of a Unicode symbol in the default language. Helpful for pages in a foreign language beyond any SC.

I’d propose 🗎 (1F5CE) to indicate documents. They are not clipboards, although the icon looks alike.

And I am not sure whether CSS is the correct approach. Once I learned that CSS should not be used to provide information for SR:
.folder:before { content: '1f4c1'; }
<li style="list-style-type: '1f4c1'";'">
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