Special Character (Character Map) in Affinity Designer on Windows

[laurent32]

Anyway, activating that unicode hex keyboard is a good option for those happy ones who use qwerty keyboards… Pretty less useful for those that use azerty keyboards… I think that it might interest plenty of people out there… so it is good to talk about it.

Concerning your specific search (without using that keyboard), I already did a search without luck…

@MikeTO might know it ?

[Old Bruce]

20 minutes ago, R C-R said:

If I remember correctly, there is a way in at least one of the Affinity apps (maybe Publisher?) to enter unicode values in a way similar to how this is done in Windows without enabling the macOS level Unicode Hex keyboard.

Type  U+ and the hex for the actual glyph, select from U through to the end of the hex and use Control + U to Toggle Unicode. Here is a bullet (typed using Option + Shift + 8, an asterisk) and there is the Unicode for it.

[walt.farrell]

3 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

select from U through to the end of the hex and use Control + U

If it works as it does on Windows, you don't need to select the text when converting one Unicode character. Just leave the cursor positioned after the last character of the sequence and press the Toggle Unicode shortcut.

[Old Bruce]

Hey, thanks for the tip Walt. Works here on Mac OS 11.7

[R C-R]

Thanks, @Old Bruce & @walt.farrell for the help with this! At least on my Mac it seems to be an Affinity Publisher only feature but it does work as you have suggested in that app.

[v_kyr]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

Again, this is not what I am asking about. If I remember correctly, there is a way in at least one of the Affinity apps (maybe Publisher?) to enter unicode values in a way similar to how this is done in Windows without enabling the macOS level Unicode Hex keyboard.

 

 

[laurent32]

@Old Bruce, @walt.farrell, @MikeTO, any ideas on doing the same thing in macOS classic apps ?

[R C-R]

2 minutes ago, laurent32 said:

@Old Bruce, @walt.farrell, @MikeTO, any ideas on doing the same thing in macOS classic apps ?

What do you mean by macOS classic apps? Are you asking about the Apple apps bundled with the OS or something else?

[R C-R]

@v_kyr, searching with Google is fine if you already have a good idea of a search term that will show you the results you want but not so fine if you do not, like if you are looking for something that works in all 3 Affinity apps....

[laurent32]

Yes, apple's ecosystem apps.

I'm looking for an easier way to enter unicode in general than to choose that unicode keyboard I'm talking about…

Ctrl-U in Affinity is quite nice I think, I wish I could have an equivalent for other apps, Apple's apps but not only…

[v_kyr]

3 minutes ago, R C-R said:

... the results you want but not so fine if you do not, like if you are looking for something that works in all 3 Affinity apps....

The more specific you are in your search terms to the search engine and making usage of additionally common add and exclude etc. terms there, it should give you in response more accurate and precise results. - Same as with user Q's here in the forum, the more and better those are formulated, incl. tags of app and OS used ... etc, the better some other user (volunteer) can understand what is meant or asked for/after at all.

[MikeTO]

48 minutes ago, laurent32 said:

Yes, apple's ecosystem apps.

I'm looking for an easier way to enter unicode in general than to choose that unicode keyboard I'm talking about…

Ctrl-U in Affinity is quite nice I think, I wish I could have an equivalent for other apps, Apple's apps but not only…

To type a unicode character in any app on macOS, just choose Emoji & Symbol and type U+ followed by the unicode number into the search field. Press Return once to select the search result and a second type to insert it into the app. This works with Affinity, too.

Cheers

[laurent32]

Yessss @MikeTO !

I need more fish to have a better memory !