Unicode guides

Practical, plain-language guides to finding and using Unicode characters — whether you’re writing, coding, doing maths, or just need a symbol that isn’t on your keyboard.

• How to Type and Copy Special Characters

  A practical guide to inserting special characters, symbols, and accented letters on Windows, macOS, Linux, and the web when they are not on your keyboard.

• Finding and Copying Emoji

  How to search for the right emoji by name, copy it anywhere, and understand skin-tone and variation modifiers — without an app store or extension.

• A Guide to Math Symbols in Unicode

  Find and copy mathematical symbols — operators, set notation, fractions, superscripts, and Greek letters used in maths — for documents, email, and the web.

• Greek Letters: A Complete Reference

  The full Greek alphabet in uppercase and lowercase, how each letter is named and pronounced, and where these letters are used in maths and science.

• Arrows, Accents, and Diacritics

  How to find directional arrows and add accents and diacritical marks to letters using Unicode — from à and ñ to combining marks for any language.