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By Siavash Ghanbari ยท Founder of Emojar
โปCheck Marks, Arrows, Currency Signs: Which Symbol to Pick
โ or โ ? โ or โ? A guide to choosing text symbols that render everywhere, avoiding lookalikes, and using them in HTML and CSS.
Tool GuideTextUnicodeSymbols๐งฐEmoji Categories Explained: The 10 Groups and What Is in Them
Why there are exactly ten emoji categories, how many emojis each holds, why People & Body is so large, and what the odd Component group is for.
Tool GuideEmojiUnicodeReference๐งฐEmoji Letters: Regional Indicators, ๐ ฐ๏ธ and the Alphabet in Emoji
The three ways to write letters with emojis โ regional indicator letters, the ๐ ฐ๏ธ ๐ ฑ๏ธ buttons and look-alike emojis โ and why some of them turn into flags.
Tool GuideEmojiUnicodeFun๐ฃHow to Find Any Unicode Character, Its Code Point and Its Bytes
Look up a character by name, number or paste, then read its code point, block, category, UTF-8 bytes and escapes. Here is what each value means and when you need it.
Tool GuideReferenceUnicodeEncoding๐ปInvisible Character Not Working? Fixes for Names and Hidden Bugs
Why apps reject blank names, why a pasted password suddenly fails, and how to find and remove zero-width spaces and other hidden characters.
Tool GuideTextUnicodeTroubleshooting๐Upside Down, Mirror or Backwards Text: Which One Do You Need?
Three ways to flip text look alike but behave differently. See real examples of each, which one survives a phone rotation, and when to skip them entirely.
Tool GuideTextUnicodeSocial media๐Why Reversing Text Breaks Emoji (and How to Do It Properly)
Reversing a string looks trivial until a flag or family emoji falls apart. How grapheme clusters work, what each reverse mode does, and where reversing helps.
Tool GuideTextUnicodeHow it worksโจHow Fancy Text Generators Work (It's Not Actually a Font)
Why ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ and ๐๐ธ๐๐พ๐ ๐ text survives copy and paste, why some letters turn into boxes, and how styled characters affect length, search and accessibility.
Tool GuideTextUnicodeHow it works๐ Emoji Timeline Challenge โ Order Emojis by Unicode Release
Five emojis out of order โ arrange them from oldest to newest by Unicode version. 5 rounds. How well do you know emoji history?
Game GuideHistoryUnicodeโณOlder or Newer โ How Well Do You Know Emoji History?
A new emoji quiz game: two emojis side by side โ guess which one was added to Unicode first. 3,700+ emojis spanning 16 versions from 2010 to 2024.
New GameHistoryUnicode๐Emoji Unicode Inspector โ See Every Codepoint Instantly
Paste any text and instantly see the Unicode codepoints, names, versions, and categories for every character. Built for developers and emoji enthusiasts.
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