Small fl Ligature HTML entity fl

fl is the HTML entity for Small fl Ligature fl (U+FB02). Copy the decimal fl and hex fl codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity
fl
Code point
U+FB02
Unicode name
LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FL
Block
Alphabetic Presentation Forms
Category
Lowercase letter (Ll)
Since
Unicode 1.1
Defined in
HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML namedflWorks in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimalflWorks in HTML and XML.
HTML hexflWorks in HTML and XML.
CSScontent: "\FB02";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript"\uFB02"Also valid in JSON.
Python"\ufb02"Python 3 string literal.
Python by name"\N{LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FL}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL%EF%AC%82Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytesEF AC 823 bytes.
UTF-16FB021 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

fl writes U+FB02 (Small fl 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).