Character Map Alternatives

Character Map is described as '(Charmap.exe) is a utility included with Microsoft Windows operating systems and is used to view the characters in any installed font, to check what keyboard input (Alt code) is used to enter those characters, and to copy characters to the clipboard in lieu of' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Character Map for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Linux, Mac and Android apps. The best Character Map alternative is BabelMap, which is free. Other great apps like Character Map are WinCompose, Character Map UWP, PopChar and Shapecatcher.

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BabelMap
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
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32 BabelMap alternatives
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.
- - BabelMap is the most popular Windows alternative to Character Map.
- - BabelMap is the most popular free alternative to Character Map.
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1. PortableBabelMap can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Support for Unicode
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Almost everyone thinks BabelMap is a great Character Map alternative.
Guest
Good alternative. What else would it be????
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Searchable by character description and has a comprehensive built-in font set.
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WinCompose
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Free • Open Source
Windows
32 WinCompose alternatives
WinCompose is a compose key for Windows. It allows to easily write special characters such as é ž à û ø ð ¤ Ø « = µ, and many more using short and often very intuitive key combinations.
- - WinCompose is the most popular Open Source alternative to Character Map.
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WinCompose Features
Support for Unicode
Symbols
Multiple languages
Emoji Text support
Customizable
Unicode Math Support
Character Map UWP
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
8 Character Map UWP alternatives
A modern, native UWP replacement for the Win32 Character Map and Windows Font Viewer with flawless high DPI and touch support.
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Character Map UWP Features
Character Counter
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Don R
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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PopChar
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
39 PopChar alternatives
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.
- - PopChar is the most popular Mac alternative to Character Map.
- - PopChar is the most popular commercial alternative to Character Map.
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Shapecatcher
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Free • Proprietary
Online
17 Shapecatcher alternatives
Shapecatcher is a new website, that helps you to find specific Unicode characters, just by sketching their shape. Currently about 10000 of the most important Unicode characters are compared to your sketch and are analysed for similarities.
- - Shapecatcher is the most popular Web-based alternative to Character Map.
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Shapecatcher Features
Handwriting recognition
Support for Unicode
Character database
Typography
Sketch
Sketching
SymbSearch
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Free • Open Source
Windows
28 SymbSearch alternatives
A tool for searching unicode-symbols and copying it to the clipboard.
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SymbSearch Features
1. PortableSymbSearch can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Symbols
GNOME Characters
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Free • Open Source
Linux
6 GNOME Characters alternatives
Characters is a simple utility application to find and insert unusual characters. It allows you to quickly find the character you are looking for by searching for keywords.
- - GNOME Characters is the most popular Linux alternative to Character Map.
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Unicode-Table.com
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Free • Proprietary
Online
24 Unicode-Table.com alternatives
Handy online Unicode character table with search tool, short information about origin and history of most characters in eight languages and some great compose-tools.
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Symbols
FindThatFont!
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
14 FindThatFont! alternatives
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.
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Discontinued
2012
Unicode Map
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Free • Open Source
Android
26 Unicode Map alternatives
Browse Unicode characters by range; search for them by name; display them (when Android has the font); copy them to the clipboard; decode a string of Unicode characters to names.
- - Unicode Map is the most popular Android alternative to Character Map.
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Unicode Map Features
Support for Unicode
Multiple languages
Symbols
Unicodia
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Free • Open Source
Windows
8 Unicodia alternatives
Encyclopedia of Unicode characters.
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Unicodia Features
Export to HTML
Support for Unicode
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Oh My Glyph
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
Online
23 Oh My Glyph alternatives
View the glyphs and swashes from the PUA (private use area) of TTF & OTF font files with ease.
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