SymbolAssist: More Symbols, Less Work

SymbolAssist

After seeing the nifty characters TwitterKeys made readily available for posting into your Twitter and IM conversations, I got inspired to dig around the 65,000+ Unicode characters and find some more gems.

As I did, I started to realize a couple of things. First, a huge list of symbols wouldn’t be all that helpful. Second, these symbols are useful for more than just jazzing up your Twitter conversations (✌ @plasticmind). So the idea of an organized character map tool that actually let you click a symbol to copy it to your clipboard began to percolate. Too often I’m opening up Word or trying to find a page on Google with the symbol I need.

The result is SymbolAssist, a browser-based character map that saves you time by letting you click-to-copy symbols to your clipboard.

What’s Inside

Here’s the full list of symbols that SymbolAssist puts at your finger’s tip:

Upside-down Alphabet

¿ ¡ ˙ z ʎ x ʍ ʌ n ʇ s ɹ b d o u ɯ ן ʞ ɾ ı ɥ ƃ ɟ ǝ p ɔ q ɐ
(¡ʍʇɟ ‘ʇsıssɐןoqɯʎs)

Arrows ﹠ Pointers

➔ ➘ ➙ ➚ ➛ ➜ ➝ ➞ ➟ ➠ ➡ ➢ ➣ ➤ ➥ ➦ ➧ ➨ ➩ ➪ ➫ ➬ ➭ ➮ ➯ ➱ ➲ ➳ ➴ ➵ ➶ ➷ ➸ ➹ ➺ ➻ ➼ ➽ ➾ ← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ↕ ↨ ↻ ↺ ☚ ☛ ☜ ☝ ☞ ☟

Crosses ﹠ Stars

✙ ✚ ✛ ✜ ✝ ✞ ✟ ♰ ♱ ✠ ✡ ✢ ✣ ✤ ✥ ✦ ✧ ✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ ✱ ✲ ✳ ✴ ✵ ✶ ✷ ✸ ✹ ✺ ✻ ✼ ✽ ✾ ✿ ❀ ❁ ❂ ❃ ❄ ❅ ❆ ❇ ❈ ❉ ❊ ❋

Blocks ﹠ Shapes

❍ ❏ ❐ ❑ ❒ ■ ◆ ◊ ● ◗ ▄ █ ▌ ▐ ░ ▒ ▓ ␥ ■ □ ▪ ▫ ▬ ▲ ► ▼ ◄ ⎔ ▢ ■ □ ▢ ▣ ▤ ▥ ▦ ▧ ▨ ▩ ▪ ▫ ▬ ▭ ▮ ▯ ▰ ▱ ▲ △ ▴ ▵ ▶ ▷ ▸ ▹ ► ▻ ▼ ▽ ▾ ▿ ◀ ◁ ◂ ◃ ◄ ◅ ◆ ◇ ◈ ◉ ◊ ○ ◌ ◍ ◎ ● ◐ ◑ ◒ ◓ ◔ ◕ ◖ ◗ ◘ ◙ ◚ ◛ ◜ ◝ ◞ ◟ ◠ ◡ ◢ ◣ ◤ ◥ ◦ ◧ ◨ ◩ ◪ ◫ ◬ ◭ ◮ ◯ ◰ ◱ ◲ ◳ ◴ ◵ ◶ ◷

Lines

─ │ ┌ ┐ └ ┘ ├ ┤ ┬ ┴ ┼ ═ ║ ╒ ╓ ╔ ╕ ╖ ╗ ╘ ╙ ╚ ╛ ╜ ╝ ╞ ╟ ╠ ╡ ╢ ╣ ╤ ╥ ╦ ╧ ╨ ╩ ╪ ╫ ╬

Dingbats

☑ ☒ ☓ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✖ ✗ ✘ ✁ ✂ ✃ ✄ ✆ ✇ ♺ ✈ ✉ ✌ ✍ ✎ ✏ ✐ ✑ ✒ ⎗ ⎘ ⎙ ⎚ ⎈ ⎋ ☽ ☾ ☀ ☼ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☄ ★ ☆ ☇ ☈ ☉ ☊ ☋ ☌ ☍ ☎ ☏ ☙ ☠ ☡ ☢ ☣ ☤ ☥ ☦ ☧ ☨ ☩ ☪ ☫ ☬ ☭ ☮ ☯ ☸ ☹ ☺ ☻ ☿ ♀ ♁ ♂ ♃ ♄ ♅ ♆ ♇ ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ ♔ ♕ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♙ ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟ ♠ ♡ ♢ ♣ ♤ ♥ ♦ ♧ ♨ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯

Math ﹠ Money

‰ ‱ ª ⁿ ₤ € ¢ £ ℅ № ₧ ½ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ° ± ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ⁰ µ ∀ ∂ ∃ ∅ ∆ ∇ ∈ ∉ ∊ ∍ ∏ ∑ − ∗ ∙ √ ∝ ∞ ∠ ∧ ∨ ∩ ∪ ∫ ∴ ∶ ∼ ≅ ≈ ≠ ≡ ≢ ≤ ≥ ⊂ ⊃ ⊄ ⊆ ⊇ ⊕ ⊗ ⊥ ⋄ ⋅

Typographical

¶ ’ ’ ” ” ‚ „ ′ ″ ‐ ‑ ‒ - — ― ¡ ‼ ⁈ ⁉ ‽ ␦ ® © ™ § … † ‡ ƒ ‖ ‗ ‹ › ⁄ ❛ ❜ ❝ ❞ ❡ ❢ ❣ ❤ ❥ ❦ ❧ ﬆ ﬅ ﬄ ﬁ

Greek Alphabet

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ ς σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω ϑ ϒ ϕ ϖ

OCR Symbols

⑊ ⑉ ⑈ ⑇ ⑆ ⑅ ⑄ ⑃ ⑂ ⑁ ⑀

To get the most out of SymbolAssist, here’s a bookmarklet that will pop open SymbolAssist in a small window. Just drag this to your browser’s bookmark toolbar: SymbolAssist

posted on 19 September 2008
by Jesse

Comments (5)
in the chapter, "Design"
tagged with goodies, Twitter, unicode

InterAction:

23 November 20085. Andrew:

Many of these aren't functional in FF for some reason

YourThoughts?

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Jesse bookmarked Adobe - Developer Center : Google Analytics for simplified tracking of rich media websites Jesse bookmarked Adobe - Developer Center : Google Analytics for simplified tracking of rich media websites 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-06T04:29:29Z
Jesse said, "This explains why all the sites that used to copy stuff to my clipboard stopped when I upgraded to Flash 10: http://is.gd/3gRi" Jesse said, “This explains why all the sites that used to copy stuff to my clipboard stopped when I upgraded to Flash 10: http://is.gd/3gRi” 2009-01-06T04:27:05Z 2009-01-06T04:27:05Z
Jesse said, "Flash 10 allows tab, spacebar, and the arrow keys in fullscreen mode. How very not helpful." Jesse said, “Flash 10 allows tab, spacebar, and the arrow keys in fullscreen mode. How very not helpful.” 2009-01-06T04:21:54Z 2009-01-06T04:21:54Z
Jesse said, "Requiring user initiation (click or keystroke) seems like enough protection against phishing, no?" Jesse said, “Requiring user initiation (click or keystroke) seems like enough protection against phishing, no?” 2009-01-06T04:13:17Z 2009-01-06T04:13:17Z
Jesse said, "Is there _no_ way to allow text input during Flash fullscreen mode?" Jesse said, “Is there _no_ way to allow text input during Flash fullscreen mode?” 2009-01-06T04:07:53Z 2009-01-06T04:07:53Z

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