From f53d5fd6ec56aef40f9f9f7fba464dfebc20f6a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eltrac <hi@eltr.ac>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 09:15:08 +0800
Subject: feat: new external link icon
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replace "↗" with a SVG image, because on some devices, it might be
rendered as "↗️" emoji.
---
 assets/css/_markdown.scss | 7 ++++++-
 static/icons/external.svg | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 static/icons/external.svg

diff --git a/assets/css/_markdown.scss b/assets/css/_markdown.scss
index 00916795..a4e8f92d 100644
--- a/assets/css/_markdown.scss
+++ b/assets/css/_markdown.scss
@@ -97,7 +97,12 @@
 
     // external link icon
     &.external-link::after {
-        content: '↗';
+        content: '';
+        background-image: url('/icons/external.svg');
+        background-size: cover;
+        opacity: 0.65;
+        height: 1em;
+        width: 1em;
     }
 
     // icons for specific domains
diff --git a/static/icons/external.svg b/static/icons/external.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7290003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/icons/external.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
+
<!-- Uploaded to: SVG Repo, www.svgrepo.com, Transformed by: SVG Repo Mixer Tools -->
+<svg width="800px" height="800px" viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="#000000" transform="rotate(45)">
+
<g id="SVGRepo_bgCarrier" stroke-width="0"/>
+
<g id="SVGRepo_tracerCarrier" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
+
<g id="SVGRepo_iconCarrier"> <title/> <g id="Complete"> <g id="arrow-up"> <g> <polyline data-name="Right" fill="none" id="Right-2" points="7 7.5 12 2.5 17 7.5" stroke="#000000" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2"/> <line fill="none" stroke="#000000" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" x1="12" x2="12" y1="21.3" y2="4.8"/> </g> </g> </g> </g>
+
</svg>
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