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PopChar

PopCharSpecial characters at your fingertips

It has never been easier to find and type special characters. PopChar is available for Mac and Windows.

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Find and type special characters in no time

Most of our fonts contain thousands of characters, many more than you can access from your keyboard. Whenever you need a special character, PopChar is there to help. Search for characters by their names or their shape, find fonts that contain certain characters or explore the character set of fonts.

PopChar makes all these font-related tasks easy.

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PopChar window

Details matter

With PopChar, you can also take a look at fonts in detail – view a font preview, check out what a given text fragment looks like in a certain font, and print beautiful font sheets. PopChar also supports ligatures.

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Character info view

In love with emojis

Find and insert all sorts of colorful emojis in no time. PopChar displays all symbols in a perfect overview. Search them by text or find recently used ones. PopChar also makes it easy to insert emojis in different skin tone variations or use country flags in just a few seconds.
The best part? All features work system-wide, across all programs and applications.

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Emoji skintones

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What our customers say

    • I used PopChar 15+ years ago on the Mac, but they now also have a Windows version, and it is just so much more powerful and useful than CharMap.

      Alexander Falk
      CEO, Altova Inc.

    • PopChar is so much easier to use than Apple's character viewer. It is a 'Mac Essential', the full-featured, well polished, champion of its class.

      Jim Cole
      Jacksonville, FL

    • Using a Mac without PopChar is like driving a BMW only in first gear or playing a piano with one hand.

      Charles Ying
      founder of MyFonts.com

    • It's a must have for anyone who deals with fonts on a daily basis. There are many font utilities out there, but this one is the leader of the pack!

      macnation.com

    • I have been using PopChar since it first appeared in 1987. Twenty years and many versions later, I still use it!

      Harry Babad
      maccompanion.com

    • Anyone who works with foreign languages, scientific symbols, or frequently uses picture fonts will find PopChar quickly pays for itself.

      Jay J. Nelson
      MacWorld

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