MacOS – Needed: easy program for inserting symbols and Unicode characters

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On MacOS 10.11 I am constantly going to the Emoji & Symbol viewer to bring in arrows and other kinds of symbols:

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Problems with this interface include:

  • It it bound to the current program, rather than operating system level. So you need to make the window appear for each application you use.
  • It doesn't allow searching by Unichar
  • It doesn't let you see the entire character set

I'm looking for a program that keeps my favorite symbols all in one place in a floating window and lets me easily insert them into the current application. Does such a program exist?

Best Answer

UnicodeChecker

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UnicodeChecker is an excellent app showing each of the possible Unicode characters. Search the more than 110,000 characters by name with a press of Command+F. Frequently updated to keep up with changes in the Unicode standard.

Use the Favorites menu to quickly access your frequently-used characters.

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