Glyphfnder App - Character Map for the Mac

If you are looking for the special characters on the Apple Mac that are not noted on the keyboard, you are probably missing the character table as a Windows switch. Where this provides an overview of characters on the PC so that you don't have to remember a key combination for all characters, it does not exist under macOS. But that doesn't matter, because with Glyph finder there is a menu bar extension for the Apple Mac operating system that also helps when entering special characters. Whether currency, fractions, letters with accents or emojis - with Glyphfinder you can find everything faster. It's free to download, the full version costs $ 7,99, and the app is available from SetApp.

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Glyphfinder is a character map that can be used on Apple Mac and Windows PC. Finding and using special characters, Unicode symbols and emojis works faster with the app, which you can also find in the SetApp-Sub finds ;)

With Glyphfinder you can also find emojis and other symbols, which you can then copy and paste into any other program (such as Photoshop). Don't forget to change the font to "Apple Color Emoji". ;-)

Glyphfinder as a character table on the Apple Mac

With Glyphfinder you can scroll through an extremely large character library of over 34.300 symbols, glyphs, letters and other font content. This also includes numerous emoji images. There is also a search bar so that you don't have to scroll every time to find the character you are looking for and insert it. It is important to know that the search terms are best entered in English. And if you're not only looking for a character table alternative for the Apple Mac, no problem: the app is also available for Windows 10. On the Mac, it works from macOS 10.13 High Sierra. 

More details, the free download and the full version for $ 7,99 can be found on the official website. But I recommend you to use a SetApp subscription, because it contains dozens of full versions that will serve you well on your Mac. All full versions get by without advertising, receive updates from the developer and are included in the small, monthly subscription price of SetApp. Just click on the link to the provider given at the beginning to find out more;)

For me, Glyphfinder is helpful when customers want tables with fractions or the like on their website, for example. I can search for the symbol directly and even copy the HTML entity for it.

Features of Glyphfinder at a glance

Here are the most important functions of the Glyphfinder Mac and PC app, because of which I give you an introduction here on the blog:

• Large library of special characters and emoji from over 34.300 pieces of content
• Search bar to find the needle in the Unicode haystack faster
• Look-alike search: Enter characters and similar-looking ones will be displayed
• Display of the key combination for the selected character 
• Dark Mode as the only theme so that the menu bar extension is unobtrusive

Lynne Marie Kleinholz

With Lynne, a graphic artist and designer has joined the team who contributes articles on the topics of homepage, web development and Photoshop. YouTube has recently become one of her areas of activity. Lynne is (unintentionally) very good at generating error messages and thus ensures a steady influx of problem-solving articles, which repeatedly make the Sir Apfelot blog a popular contact point for Mac users.