Copy and paste glyphs, symbols and special characters
Glyphs to copy and paste
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All categoriesArrows
Up, down, left, right and every diagonal in between.
Hearts
Text hearts you can paste into a bio, caption or message.
Stars
Filled, outlined and decorative stars for ratings and flair.
Check marks
Tick and cross marks for lists, tables and status.
Currency
Dollar, euro, pound, yen and the world's currency signs.
Math
Operators, relations and the Greek letters math relies on.
Punctuation
Dashes, quotes, bullets and the marks that shape text.
Brackets
Angle, curly, square and decorative enclosing marks.
Zodiac
The twelve astrological signs as text characters.
Box drawing
Box drawing lines, corners and shade blocks for text layouts.
Corners & shapes
Corner marks, triangles, circles, squares and diamonds.
Greek & letters
Greek letters, circled, superscript and fraction characters.
A specimen sheet for the whole Unicode toolbox
CopyGlyph is one fast, searchable grid of 416 symbols and special characters. Click a glyph to copy it, then open its page for the code point, HTML entity, alt code and CSS. There is no sign up, and everything runs in your browser.
Most symbol sites cover a single character and make you hunt through clutter for the code point. CopyGlyph takes the opposite approach. The grid holds the special characters people actually copy, from the degree sign and the heart to arrows, currency signs, check marks and math operators, and the most used have a dedicated page that treats each like a type specimen: the glyph shown large, a one-click copy, and every code you might need to reproduce it in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a Word document.
Search is instant and matches names as well as aliases, so a search for "tick" finds the check mark and "pound" finds the sterling sign. Pick a category chip to narrow the grid, or open the full symbol reference for a single page that lists every glyph with its code point.
Frequently asked questions
How do I copy a symbol from CopyGlyph?
Click any glyph in the grid and it is copied to your clipboard at once, ready to paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. With the keyboard, press / to jump to the search box, move through the grid with the arrow keys and press Enter to copy. Nothing is uploaded: the copy happens entirely in your browser.
How do I copy and paste glyphs into a website?
Paste the glyph straight into your HTML or your CMS editor. It is a real Unicode character, so it shows up on any page served as UTF-8 (<meta charset="utf-8">). If you would rather keep the source plain ASCII, set Copy as to an HTML entity above the grid and a click copies ° or ° instead of the glyph. Every symbol page also lists its HTML, CSS and JavaScript codes, each with its own copy button.
What is the difference between a glyph and a character?
A character is the abstract unit that Unicode encodes, with a code point and a name, such as U+2665 BLACK HEART SUIT. A glyph is the shape a font draws for that character, so the same character looks different in two fonts, and a font that lacks it shows an empty box instead. CopyGlyph copies the character; the font where you paste it decides which glyph appears.
How do I copy several symbols at once?
Press Select multiple, click the glyphs in the order you want them, then press Copy all: they are copied as one string in that order. Glyphs you mark with the star are kept in My set, which has its own Copy all button and a link that opens the same set for someone else.
Can I copy a symbol as an HTML entity or CSS code?
Yes. Copy as, above the grid, sets what a click copies: the glyph itself, a named HTML entity (♥), a decimal (♥) or hex (♥) entity, a CSS escape (\2665), a JavaScript escape (\u2665) or the code point (U+2665). Characters without a named entity get the decimal entity instead. Your choice is remembered in this browser.
Why does my heart symbol turn into an emoji?
Some characters, such as ♥ (U+2665), have both a text style and an emoji style, and many phones and apps show the emoji. The variation selector U+FE0E asks for the text style and U+FE0F for the emoji style. Set Style above the grid to Text or Emoji and CopyGlyph adds the matching selector whenever you copy a glyph that has both forms. Whether it is honoured depends on the app and font you paste into.
How do I find out what a character I copied is?
Paste it into the search box. A single character brings up its own card. A longer piece of text is broken down character by character, with the code point, the UTF-8 bytes and the HTML, CSS and JavaScript escapes for each, and invisible characters such as no-break spaces and zero width spaces are flagged by name.
What is a code point, an HTML entity and an alt code?
The code point is the number Unicode assigns to a character, written like U+00B0. The HTML entity is how you write it in a web page, such as ° or °. The alt code is a number you type on the Windows numeric keypad while holding Alt. Symbol pages list the code point and HTML entities for every glyph and the alt code where Windows has one, and the search box accepts all three: U+00B0, ° and alt 0176 each find the degree sign.
Is CopyGlyph free and private?
Yes. There is no sign up and no limit. Searching and copying happen entirely in your browser, and your recent glyphs, your starred glyphs and your Copy as and Style choices are stored only in this browser's local storage, never on a server.