Map Of Chars is an excellent replacement for the Windows Character Map utility.

The program lets you select the font color, size, and style; bold, italicize, strike-through, or underline your characters; display each character in a separate, larger window; and copy a set of characters in RTF or HTML format to the Clipboard.

In addition, each selected character's key number and HTML code is displayed.

Map of Chars runs as a convenient icon in the System Tray area of the Windows taskbar.