Unicode Tips and Resources

How to Type Umlaut Characters (öäïë…) on Linux

Whether you’re puzzling over Schrödinger’s equation or a Bösendorfer piano, where are the umlaut keys when you need...

Spent more time looking for the perfect emoji than writing your message — again? Read that emojis in the subject line...

Tired of spelling out “degrees” every time? Wondering how to shorten “degrees Celsius” in style? Find out here how to...

Need to show a right angle without typing out “right angle” or “90°”? Perhaps you’re labeling diagrams, solving...

Struggling to write the little subscript '2' in chemical formulas like H₂O or CO₂ on your Mac? You don’t have to...

Discussing Fußball with a German friend or looking for a genuinely Austrian recipe for süße pancakes? While the Eszett...

Can’t find square brackets on your keyboard no matter what? Coding, editing or quoting — brackets are useful anywhere...

Struggling to add kahakō marks to “kānaka” or “pūpū” in Word? Missing kahako marks can change meanings entirely after...

Struggling to insert a particular emoji on Linux, a special character or that particular character from an ancient...

When you need to refer to a legal section swiftly and stylishly, the section sign — also called silcrow — is the...

Need to make sure a measurement is not disjointed from its unit? Trying to prevent a lone and lost short word on a...

Need to use the Apple logo symbol in a document — on Windows? That Apple symbol remember from your Mac days hides in...