Symbol Character Map

Symbol Character Map is a small software application whose purpose is to help you gain quick access to various symbol maps and copy the characters into third-party text editors. It can be installed on all Windows flavors out there.

Interacting with the GUI

The user interface cannot be described as highly intuitive so you may need to invest some extra time in order to understand how it works. Some of the dedicated parameters are represented with small icons, making it difficult to guess their exact function.
However, you can rely on tooltips for finding out short descriptions about the program’s parameters. Tooltips are revealed each time you hover your mouse cursor over a specific feature.

Browse throughout a large collection of symbols

Symbol Character Map gives you the possibility to choose between several preset maps from a drop-down list. The content of the selected map with symbols is revealed directly in the main window. If you happen to think that the characters are displayed with a small font, you may enable the larger display for more accurate viewing options.
What’s more, you can click on a symbol and preview it in a dedicated panel using a large font. You may also alter the previewing mode by changing the size of the letters, modifying the font color, and enabling the bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough mode.
Fast copying actions can be employed for transferring the selected symbol to your documents. You can either appeal to clipboard actions (copy/paste) or drag and drop the target symbol to the preferred window. A list with favorite symbols can be created on the fly.
Other important options worth being mentioned enable you to show all fonts, symbol fonts, or only favorite ones, print the information, close the utility upon copying symbols to the clipboard or dragging and dropping them to another document, enable Unicode support, and keep the tool on top of other panels.

Bottom line

All in all, Symbol Character Map comes packed with several handy features for helping you make use of a multitude of symbols with ease. You might want to keep this tool on your favorite list with software products especially if you are working with symbols.