simmo/symbolset — pull request #1 by larrythefox (2012-07-02 20:59:12+00:00)
Title: Use unicode characters instead of escaped values

> **When not to use escapes**
> It is almost always preferable to use an encoding that allows you to represent characters in their normal form, rather than using character entity references or NCRs.
Using escapes can make it difficult to read and maintain source code, and can also significantly increase file size.

Source: http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-escapes/#not

Firefox has a CSS bug that does not work with UCS-2 (2-byte Universal Character Set), while other browsers have problems with UTF-16 escaping.