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
UnicodeChecker Alternatives
UnicodeChecker is described as 'Mac OS X application to explore Unicode. Analyse and convert Unicode strings for HTML or programming. Supports UniHan, Services, AppleScript and more' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to UnicodeChecker for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, Linux and BSD apps. The best UnicodeChecker alternative is WinCompose, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like UnicodeChecker are Character Map, Shapecatcher, CharacterMap and SymbSearch.
Alternatives list
- 26 WinCompose alternatives
29 Character Map alternativesCharacter Map (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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Comments about Character Map as an Alternative to UnicodeChecker
- Character Map is Free and Proprietary
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
CharacterMap.org is a simple online character map. It is a tool that allows you to view the ASCII table and Unicode characters.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
31 PopChar alternativesThe 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.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
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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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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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
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View the glyphs and swashes from the PUA (private use area) of TTF & OTF font files with ease.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Online
WizKey makes it easy to type accented and other special Unicode characters using a standard US/UK keyboard with easy to remember keyboard shortcuts.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Extra Keys is a software input panel for typing international accented and other special characters.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
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UnicodeChecker is far more than a mere "pick a character from this map".