SymbolAssist: More Symbols, Less Work // Plasticmind

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

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

SymbolAssist: More Symbols, Less Work