<h1>CSS close buttons using text</h1>

<div class="container">

<div class="dialog">
  <a href="#" class="close-classic"></a>
</div>

<div class="dialog">
  <a href="#" class="close-thin"></a>
</div>

<div class="dialog">
  <a href="#" class="close-thik"></a>
</div>
  
</div>

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<a href="http://starikovs.com" style="font-size:12px; color: #777; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none !important; border: none !important;">starikovs</a>
/* Common */

body {
  color: #777;
  text-align: center;
}

/* Close Button */

[class*='close-'] {
  color: #777;
  font: 14px/100% arial, sans-serif;
  position: absolute;
  right: 5px;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff;
  top: 5px;
}

.close-classic:after {
  content: 'X'; /* ANSI X letter */
}

.close-thin:after {
  content: '×'; /* UTF-8 symbol */
}

.close-thik:after {
  content: '✖'; /* UTF-8 symbol */
}

/* Dialog */

.dialog {
  background: #ddd;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  border-radius: 5px;
  float: left;
  height: 200px;
  margin: 20px;
  position: relative;
  width: 150px;
  
}

/* Container */

.container {
  width: 576px; margin: 0 auto;
}

.container:after {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  clear: both;
}

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