Type arrows and symbols your keyboard lacks
→, ±, §, ⌘ — the characters documents need but keyboards omit. Search, click, paste.
Tools used in this guide
The job
Documentation and commit messages keep needing the same odd characters — an arrow for a redirect, a section sign for a spec reference, a multiplication sign for dimensions. Memorizing alt-codes is not worth it for once-a-month use.
Pick one
Search by name — 'arrow', 'degree', 'section' — or browse the category tabs. Click a symbol to copy it; it lands on the clipboard as a plain Unicode character that pastes anywhere Unicode text works.
- Arrows: → ← ↑ ↓ ⇒ ⇄.
- Math: ± × ÷ ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ∞ √.
- Marks: § ¶ † ‡ • … ⌘ ⌥.
Worked example
Writing 'see §4.2 → appendix B' becomes: search 'section', click §, search 'arrow', click →, done — four seconds instead of a web search for the code point.
Limits
About 200 curated typographic symbols; it is not a full Unicode browser (the unicode inspector covers arbitrary code points) and not an emoji picker. Rendering depends on the reader's fonts — exotic glyphs may show as tofu on some systems.