Text symbols

Copy and paste symbols straight into a bio, a username or a message. Every symbol on this page is one click to copy. There are 505 of them.

Why do copied items sometimes appear as empty boxes?

Styled text is made of Unicode characters rather than a font, so it only displays correctly in apps whose fonts include a glyph for each character used. Where a glyph is missing, the app draws an empty box or substitutes a different character.

Every symbol here is plain text, so it can be styled like anything else: put a line of it through the fancy text generator, browse the font styles, or see a whole batch of styled words at once on the style guides.

Common questions

What are these symbols and who are they for?

They are Unicode symbols you can paste into a bio, caption or message: arrows, stars, hearts, music notes, currency signs and decorative shapes. They are used to decorate plain-text fields where no formatting is available, such as social bios and chat names.

Why do some symbols appear as boxes when I paste them?

Styled text is made of Unicode characters rather than a font, so it only displays correctly in apps whose fonts include a glyph for each character used. Where a glyph is missing, the app draws an empty box or substitutes a different character.

How do I copy a symbol?

Click any symbol and it is copied to your clipboard immediately, with no button to press. Paste it wherever you want it.

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Arrows 39

Pointers, returns and movement marks for lists, bios and instructions.

Stars & sparkles 36

Ratings, highlights and the small marks that make a line feel special.

Hearts & love 38

Every shape of heart Unicode ships, for bios, names and messages.

Music & media 40

Notes and playback marks for playlists, profiles and status lines.

Math & logic 39

Operators and symbols for equations, compare lines and technical notes.

Currency & finance 35

Money signs for price lists, shop names and business bios.

Punctuation & marks 32

Quotation, emphasis and separator marks that look better than ASCII.

Brackets & frames 34

Openers and closers to wrap a word without using a full frame style.

Checks, crosses & markers 36

Tick boxes, X marks and status symbols for lists and profiles.

Weather & sky 35

Sky, seasons and the elements for status lines and mood posts.

Shapes & geometry 39

Pure geometry for separators, badges and decorative borders.

Boxes & borders 40

Box drawing characters to build frames, tables and dividers by hand.

Dividers & separators 29

Ready-made separators for lists, bios and long captions.

Typographic marks 33

Dashes, quotes and ligatures that typeset better than keyboard defaults.