dot is showing up as questin mark in a diamond

You mean this:

<ul style="list-style-type:disc">
<li>One</li>
<li>Two</li>
</ul>

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For custom shape, you need to create an image to look like it and apply the following:

(I borrow an image from http://unicode.org/reports/tr25/tr25-8-glyphs/diamsmf.gif as an illustration)

<style type="text/css">
<!--
ul{list-style-type:none}
li{padding-left:20px;background: transparent url(http://unicode.org/reports/tr25/tr25-8-glyphs/diamsmf.gif) no-repeat -10px 50%}
//-->
</style>
<ul>
<li>One</li>
<li>Two</li>
</ul>

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Thanks, but I should have been more clear.

I am not trying to create a list.  I just need the dot in the middle of a sentence.

Can you just copy and paste it? ý