Glyphana is a graphical Unicode character map for finding, inspecting and collecting individual glyphs.
It is inspired by the macOS Character Viewer and focuses on quickly locating characters that are awkward to enter directly from a keyboard. The program can search Unicode data, display technical information for a selected character and send several useful representations to the clipboard.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Searches for individual Unicode characters.
- Searches against Unicode character names.
- Searches against the Adobe Glyph List database.
- Can take character case into account during searches.
- Browses characters by category.
- Displays a list of recently inspected characters.
- Maintains a persistent collection of selected characters for later use.
- Shows the name of the currently inspected character.
- Displays the Unicode value for a selected character.
- Displays the UTF-8 representation of a selected character.
- Copies an individual character directly to the clipboard.
- Copies the Unicode value as hexadecimal HTML notation.
- Copies the UTF-8 encoding as hexadecimal data.
- Cross-platform support – native pre-built binaries for Linux as well as macOS and Windows.
- Can be installed from source with Cargo and updated with cargo-update.
- Embeds Noto family fonts for broad Unicode coverage.
- Uses a compact graphical interface rather than requiring characters to be entered through a terminal command.
- Concentrates on discovering and inspecting individual characters rather than composing strings.
Website: github.com/virtualritz/glyphana
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Developer: Moritz Mœller
License: Apache License 2.0, MIT License, or BSD 3-Clause License
Glyphana is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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|---|---|
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| Charmap | Pick characters and display substantial Unicode data about each one |
| Rofimoji | Emoji and Unicode character picker |
| Runemaster | Character map app for GNOME |
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