Small ffl Ligature HTML entity ffl

ffl is the HTML entity for Small ffl Ligature ffl (U+FB04). Copy ffl, ffl and the CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity
ffl
Code point
U+FB04
Unicode name
LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FFL
Block
Alphabetic Presentation Forms
Category
Lowercase letter (Ll)
Since
Unicode 1.1
Defined in
HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML namedfflWorks in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimalfflWorks in HTML and XML.
HTML hexfflWorks in HTML and XML.
CSScontent: "\FB04";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript"\uFB04"Also valid in JSON.
Python"\ufb04"Python 3 string literal.
Python by name"\N{LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FFL}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL%EF%AC%84Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytesEF AC 843 bytes.
UTF-16FB041 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

ffl writes U+FB04 (Small ffl Ligature), a small letter from the Unicode Alphabetic Presentation Forms block, encoded since Unicode 1.1. On a page saved as UTF-8 the letter can simply be typed; the entity helps in ASCII-only templates and code samples.

The name comes from the HTML5 list (much of it shared with MathML), so it works in every current browser but not in XML or XHTML served as XML, where the numeric reference is the safe choice.

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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).