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, Mac, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Character Map alternative is BabelMap, which is free. Other great apps like Character Map are character.ai, WinCompose, KCharSelect and Character Map UWP.

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Character Map (Charmap.exe) is a utility included with Microsoft Windows operating systems and is used to view the...

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Character Map alternatives page was last updated May 13, 2022
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    GNOME Characters Features

    1.  Gtk

    GNOME Characters VS Character Map

     
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android

    Unicode Map Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Symbols

    Unicode Map VS Character Map

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SymbSearch Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Symbols

    SymbSearch VS Character Map

     
  5. FindThatFont! icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    2012

    FindThatFont! VS Character Map

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

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online

    Oh My Glyph VS Character Map

     
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    UnicodePlus is a free tool providing information about any Unicode character: name, codepoint, classification, conversion, UTF encodings, etc.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    UnicodePlus Features

    1.  Emoji search

    UnicodePlus VS Character Map

     
  8. Gucharmap icon
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    Open source character map for the GNOME desktop environment.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
    • GNOME

    Gucharmap Features

    1.  Gtk

    Gucharmap VS Character Map

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

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Holdkey VS Character Map

     
  10. AllChars icon
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    AllChars provides a quick, easy-to-remember way of creating accents like é Ü ç î æ and special characters like ƒ ² ‰ © £ ± ß ° 1/2 ¿ « » ™ „ in most Windows programs.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed and maintained. Last version, v5.0.181beta, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    AllChars VS Character Map

     
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    WizKey makes it easy to type accented and other special Unicode characters using a standard US/UK keyboard with easy to remember keyboard shortcuts.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WizKey Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
    2.  Integrated Search
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Keyboard Shortcuts

    WizKey VS Character Map

     
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    Mac OS X application to explore Unicode. Analyse and convert Unicode strings for HTML or programming. Supports UniHan, Services, AppleScript and more.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    UnicodeChecker Features

    1.  Local & International formating
    2.  Favorites
    3.  Typography
    4.  Hexadecimal

    UnicodeChecker VS Character Map

     
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