Character Map Alternatives for Windows

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   WinCompose

    27 likes

   Get easy access to thousands of special symbols through composing of characters on the keyboard in ways that are very easy to remember.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

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   BabelMap

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   BabelMap is a free character map application for Windows that allows you to browse through the entire Unicode character repertoire of over 107,000 characters, or search for a particular character by name or by code point.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • PortableApps.com

   

   

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   baitisj

   Positive comment•Dec 18, 2017

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   Searchable by character description and has a comprehensive built-in font set.

   Guest

   Positive comment•Oct 14, 2020

   0

   Good alternative. What else would it be????

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   Character Map UWP

    7 likes

   A modern, native UWP replacement for the Win32 Character Map and Windows Font Viewer with flawless high DPI and touch support.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   Don R

   Positive comment•Feb 23, 2021

   1

   A modern PC font and character browser to replace Charmap, that is elegant, fast, resizable, has more views, more filters, and for the first time ever, logical font groupings like monospaced/proportional , or serif/san-serif fonts! Finally a charmap replacement that makes sense.

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   • Character Map UWP is Free and Open SourceCharacter Map is Free and Proprietary
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   Unicodia

    5 likes

   Encyclopedia of Unicode characters.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

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   Oh My Glyph

    3 likes

   View the glyphs and swashes from the PUA (private use area) of TTF & OTF font files with ease.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Sweden
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Online

   

   

   

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   SymbSearch

    4 likes

   A tool for searching unicode-symbols and copying it to the clipboard.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

   

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   Opcion Font Viewer

    3 likes

   Opcion font viewer is a free and open source font viewer written in Java. It allows you to view both installed and uninstalled fonts and makes selecting the right font for your project quick and easy.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

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    SymWin

     2 likes

    A small and quick tool for typing special symbols.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    PopChar

     11 likes

    The character map that works! PopChar is an application that lets you insert special characters, umlauts and foreign letters into any document. With this character map, there is no need to search for or remember complex keystrokes.

    32 PopChar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • Austria
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    

    

    

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    Unicode Chars Generator

     3 likes

    Small and fast utility that can generate a whole range of Unicode symbols or the range that you set for it. The app can export the list of symbols horizontally (by default) or vertically (in that case you also can show index number as option).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

    

    

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    FindThatFont!

     4 likes

    FindThatFont! is a handy tool that allows to preview fonts that are installed on your system and to classify them into over 30 different categories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Holdkey

     2 likes

    Holdkey is a Windows program that makes it easy to type characters with accents.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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