Update: as Elle points out below, I'm a big liar . IE7, in particular, doesn't support them because it has issues with unicode in general. IE8 and recent versions of Fiefox on both OS's I've tried seem to support most. I'll update the post again if I can figure out a way to make it work...

A lot of users on nexopia like to use "wingdings" to add non-standard characters to their profiles. This is often done in a way that doesn't work on all browsers or operating systems. That, plus most of the tools that sites, including us, use to handle serving up web pages are moving more and more towards a format called "unicode" which makes it easier to have stuff you write display the same way for everyone. Your profile might look great on Windows XP using Internet Explorer 7, but to your friends viewing it on their Mac running Safari, it might look like crap. We do our best to worry about these things for you so that you don't have to, but in order to do that, you'll want to put these characters into your profiles in a more standard way... here's how to do that, for most of the "wingdings" style characters:

♥ - ♥
« - «
» - »
‹ - ‹
› - ›

 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]
 - [font=webdings][/font]

Note: The following ARE NOT fully supported in all browsers and operating systems as far as I can tell. They work on my Mac on Safari and Firefox, but not Internet Explorer 8 on Windows. Use at your own risk ;)

✏ - ✏
✂ - ✂
✁ - ✁
☎ - ☎
✆ - ✆
✉ - ✉
⌛ - ⌛
⌨ - ⌨
✇ - ✇
✍ - ✍
✌ - ✌
☜ - ☜
☞ - ☞
☝ - ☝
☟ - ☟
☺ - ☺
☹ - ☹
☠ - ☠
⚐ - ⚐
✈ - ✈
☼ - ☼
❄ - ❄
✞ - ✞
✠ - ✠
✡ - ✡
☪ - ☪
☯ - ☯
☸ - ☸
♈ - ♈
♉ - ♉
♊ - ♊
♋ - ♋
♌ - ♌
♍ - ♍
♎ - ♎
♏ - ♏
♐ - ♐
♑ - ♑
♒ - ♒
♓ - ♓
● - ●
❍ - ❍
■ - ■
□ - □
❑ - ❑
❒ - ❒
⬧ - ⬧
⧫ - ⧫
◆ - ◆
❖ - ❖
⬥ - ⬥
⌧ - ⌧
⍓ - ⍓
⌘ - ⌘
❀ - ❀
✿ - ✿
❝ - ❝
❞ - ❞
▯ - ▯
⓪ - ⓪
① - ①
② - ②
③ - ③
④ - ④
⑤ - ⑤
⑥ - ⑥
⑦ - ⑦
⑧ - ⑧
⑨ - ⑨
⑩ - ⑩
⓿ - ⓿
❶ - ❶
❷ - ❷
❸ - ❸
❹ - ❹
❺ - ❺
❻ - ❻
❼ - ❼
❽ - ❽
❾ - ❾
❿ - ❿
○ - ○
◉ - ◉
◎ - ◎
▪ - ▪
◻ - ◻
✦ - ✦
★ - ★
✶ - ✶
✴ - ✴
✹ - ✹
✵ - ✵
⌖ - ⌖
⟡ - ⟡
⌑ - ⌑
✪ - ✪
✰ - ✰
⌫ - ⌫
⌦ - ⌦
➢ - ➢
➲ - ➲
➔ - ➔
⇦ - ⇦
⇨ - ⇨
⇧ - ⇧
⇩ - ⇩
⬄ - ⬄
⇳ - ⇳
⬀ - ⬀
⬁ - ⬁
⬃ - ⬃
⬂ - ⬂
▭ - ▭
▫ - ▫
✗ - ✗
✓ - ✓
☒ - ☒
☑ - ☑

I'll try and get this added to one of our help pages, as I think they're probably not all that up to date. For the time being, I'll leave this blog post up for you to link to. As well, this is only a small set of the possible symbols you can get via unicode. If I find others, I'll update this post. If you find others, let me know. If you'd like to display this codeset on your own nexopia blog (so that your friends don't all have to go to that "strange pirate guy's" blog), just let me know and I'll send you the bbcode. Past that, feel free to copy, steal, remix, etc. anything you need from the post...