SVG issue in IE9

by Fiddel

HTML

<a class="rating_up"></a>
<a class="rating_down"></a>

CSS

a {display:block;
    width:6em;
    height:6em;
    margin:0 0 2em;
background-color:#003d85;
}
a.rating_up:before,
a.rating_down:before {
display:block;
    width:6em;
    height:6em;
    background: url('data:image/svg+xml;base64,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') no-repeat center;
 content:"";
  -moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
  transform: rotate(45deg);	
}
a.rating_down:before {
  -moz-transform: rotate(-45deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(-45deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(-45deg);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg);
  transform: rotate(-45deg);	
}