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Various neat signs and glyphs

Another browser test (I'm looking at you, android). These signs are mostly ones I've used in 2008-9 (with some added for symmetry etc.), and I do not think they are too odd to be worth rendering.

Signs:

Feature not supported (U+2610)
Feature supported! (U+2611)
Feature supported! (U+2612)
Check mark (U+2713)
Heavy check mark (U+2714)
Multiplication x (U+2715)
Heavy multiplication x (U+2716)
Ballot x (U+2717)
Heavy ballot x (U+2718)
Telephone (U+260f)
Telephone (U+260e)
Peace (U+262e)

Arrows and that kind of thing:

Leftwards arrow (U+2190)
Upwards arrow (U+2191)
Rightwards arrow (U+2192)
Downwards arrow (U+2193)
Left right arrow (U+2194)
Black up-pointing triangle (U+25B2)
White up-pointing triangle (U+25B3)
Black up-pointing small triangle (U+25B4)
White up-pointing small triangle (U+25B5)
Black right-pointing triangle (U+25B6)
White right-pointing triangle (U+25B7)
Black right-pointing small triangle (U+25B8)
White right-pointing small triangle (U+25B9)
Black right-pointing pointer (U+25BA)
White right-pointing pointer (U+25BB)
Black down-pointing triangle (U+25BC)
White down-pointing triangle (U+25BD)
Black down-pointing small triangle (U+25BE)
White down-pointing small triangle (U+25BF)
Black left-pointing triangle (U+25C0)
White left-pointing triangle (U+25C1)
Black left-pointing small triangle (U+25C2)
White left-pointing small triangle (U+25C3)
Black left-pointing pointer (U+25C4)
White left-pointing pointer (U+25C5)

Random commonish math:

For all (U+2200)
There exists (U+2203)
There does not exist (U+2204)
Element of (U+2208)
Not an element of (U+2209)
Plus/minus (U+2213)
Infinity (U+221e)
And (U+2227)
Or (U+2228)
Intersection (U+2229)
Union (U+222a)
Asymptotic equality (U+2243)
Approximate equality (U+2245)
Not equal to (U+2260)
Identical to (U+2261)
Less than or equal to (U+2264)
Greater than or equal to (U+2265)

Punctuation:

Apostrophe (U+2019)
Hyphen (U+2010)
Minus (U+2012)
En dash (U+2013)
Em dash (U+2014)
Horizontal bar (U+2015)
Ellipsis (U+2026)
Single opening quote (U+216;)
Single closing quote (U+217;)
Double opening quote (U+220;)
Double closing quote (U+221;)
«Left-pointing double angle quotation mark (U+00ab)
»Right-pointing double angle quotation mark (U+00bb)
¡Inverted exclamation mark (U+00a1)
¿Inverted question mark (U+00bf)

ASCII graphics (except that it's not ASCII):

Light shade (U+2591)
Medium shade (U+2592)
Dark shade (U+2593)
Box drawings light vertical (U+2502)
Box drawings light vertical and left (U+2524)
Box drawings vertical single and left double (U+2561)
Box drawings vertical double and left single (U+2562)
Box drawings down double and left single (U+2556)
Box drawings down single and left double (U+2555)
Box drawings double vertical and left (U+2563)
Box drawings double vertical (U+2551)
Box drawings double down and left (U+2557)
Box drawings double up and left (U+255d)
Box drawings up double and left single (U+255c)
Box drawings up single and left double (U+255b)
Box drawings light down and left (U+2510)
Box drawings light up and right (U+2514)
Box drawings light up and horizontal (U+2534)
Box drawings light down and horizontal (U+252c)
Box drawings light vertical and right (U+251c)
Box drawings light horizontal (U+2500)
Box drawings light vertical and horizontal (U+253c)
Box drawings vertical single and right double (U+255e)
Box drawings vertical double and right single (U+255f)
Box drawings double up and right (U+255a)
Box drawings double down and right (U+2554)
Box drawings double up and horizontal (U+2569)
Box drawings double down and horizontal (U+2566)
Box drawings double vertical and right (U+2560)
Box drawings double horizontal (U+2550)
Box drawings double vertical and horizontal (U+256c)
Box drawings up single and horizontal double (U+2567)
Box drawings up double and horizontal single (U+2568)
Box drawings down single and horizontal double (U+2564)
Box drawings down double and horizontal single (U+2565)
Box drawings up double and right single (U+2559)
Box drawings up single and right double (U+2558)
Box drawings down single and right double (U+2552)
Box drawings down double and right single (U+2553)
Box drawings vertical double and horizontal single (U+256b)
Box drawings vertical single and horizontal double (U+256a)
Box drawings light up and left (U+2518)
Box drawings light down and right (U+250c)
Full block (U+2588)
Lower half block (U+2584)
Left half block (U+258c)
Right half block (U+2590)
Upper half block (U+2580)

Miscellaneous randomness:

¼One quarter (U+00bc)
½One half (U+00bd)
¾Three quarters (U+00be)
One third (U+2153)
Two thirds (U+2154)
One fifth (U+2155)
Two fifths (U+2156)
Three fifths (U+2157)
Four fifths (U+2158)
One sixth (U+2159)
Five sixths (U+215A)
One eighth (U+215B)
Three eighths (U+215C)
Five eighths (U+215D)
Seven eights (U+215E)
Black diamond (U+25C6)
White diamond (U+25C7)
Fisheye (U+25C9)

Basic Greek (alpha to omega):
α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ ς σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω
(and large):
Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω