CharMapEx Alternatives

CharMapEx is described as 'Advanced character map' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to CharMapEx for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best CharMapEx alternative is WinCompose, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CharMapEx are BabelMap, Character Map, Codepoint and Unicodia .

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  1. WinCompose icon
     27 likes

    Get easy access to thousands of special symbols through composing of characters on the keyboard in ways that are very easy to remember.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. BabelMap icon
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    BabelMap is a free character map application for Windows that allows you to browse through the entire Unicode character repertoire of over 107,000 characters, or search for a particular character by name or by code point.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  3. Character Map icon
     23 likes

    Character Map (Charmap.exe) is a utility included with Microsoft Windows operating systems and is used to view the characters in any installed font, to check what keyboard input (Alt code) is used to enter those characters, and to copy characters to the clipboard in lieu of...

    30 Character Map alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Codepoint icon
     1 like

    70,000+ Unicodes in your pocket. Search Unicodes, Glyphs, SF Symbols and Emojis in a blink. Codepoint helps you to find the exact characters you need and supports you in discovering new glyphs. Export them as Symbols, Strings, Hexadecimals, HTML entities or even Swift code.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
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  5. Unicodia  icon
     5 likes

    Encyclopedia of Unicode characters.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Oh My Glyph icon
     3 likes

    View the glyphs and swashes from the PUA (private use area) of TTF & OTF font files with ease.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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  7. SymbSearch icon
     4 likes

    A tool for searching unicode-symbols and copying it to the clipboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Opcion font viewer is a free and open source font viewer written in Java. It allows you to view both installed and uninstalled fonts and makes selecting the right font for your project quick and easy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. FindThatFont! icon
     4 likes

    FindThatFont! is a handy tool that allows to preview fonts that are installed on your system and to classify them into over 30 different categories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Gucharmap icon
     7 likes

    Open source character map for the GNOME desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
    • GNOME
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  11. PopChar icon
     11 likes

    The character map that works! PopChar is an application that lets you insert special characters, umlauts and foreign letters into any document. With this character map, there is no need to search for or remember complex keystrokes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  12. Handy online Unicode character table with search tool, short information about origin and history of most characters in eight languages and some great compose-tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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