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.