PopChar lets you easily insert special characters, umlauts, etc. into your documents. No need to remember keystrokes. You can search for characters by name, find fonts that contain certain characters, preview fonts, and more.
Version: 8.4If you want to get the most out of your fonts, then PopChar is the right tool for you.
License: Free To Try $32.70
Operating System: Windows
Homepage: www.ergonis.com
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Most of your fonts contain thousands of characters, many more than you can access from the keyboard. PopChar makes "typing" of unusual characters easy without having to remember keyboard combinations.
Whenever you need a special character, PopChar is there to help. Click the "P" in the menu bar to display a table of characters. Select the desired character and it instantly appears in your document.
PopChar works with all modern applications that support Unicode. It makes it easy to navigate and search within fonts that contain thousands of characters.
Search for characters by their names, find fonts that contain certain characters, explore the character set of fonts, collect your favorite characters, insert HTML symbols. PopChar makes all these font-related tasks easy.
You can even take a new look at fonts from a designer's perspective see font previews, check out what a given text fragment looks like in a certain font, and much more.
Version 8.4: Ctrl mousewheel for increasing/decreasing character size, font-specific Unicode descriptions, new mechanism for alternative names in the Unicode standard
Version 8.3: lets you define the number of lines in the block for recently used characters, Improved About dialog with information about available fonts and characters, further improvements and fixes
Version 8.2: Supports Unicode 11.0, option to remember selected font globally for all applications, reset custom font sizes, further improvements and fixes.
Version 8.1: PopChar and its installer are now digitally signed, Ligatures can now be favorite and recent characters, further improvements and fixes.
Version 8.0: Custom layouts, emoji support, ligatures, improved recent characters view, predefined emoji layout, many further improvements and enhancements
Version 7.5: Redesigned Unicode blocks pop-up avoids scrolling when many groups are to be shown, improved messages in registration dialog, bug fixes.
Version 7.4: Supports Unicode 9, Updated German Emoji descriptions, user interface and installer improvements, ...
Version 7.3: improved organization of Unicode blocks, enhanced search feature, further enhancements and fixes.
Version 7.2: Improved installer and "check for updates" feature, stability enhancements, more ...
Version 7.1: Support for Unicode 8.0, Tested to run on Windows 10, searchable descriptions and Mandarin pronunciations of Chinese characters, more ...