Character Map for Linux

Character Map is a very useful utility to go through the font and see all available characters.

A character map / special characters viewer for Linux.

Features

• Browse installed fonts and see which Unicode blocks each one supports
• Filter Unicode blocks to only those a font actually covers
• Browse characters in a virtualized grid, grouped by Unicode block
• Search characters by name, hex, or decimal code
• Jump straight to a Unicode block
• Preview characters large, in the selected font
• Collect and copy characters to the clipboard

Screenshots

Installation sources

From Snap Store

AUR manual installation

1. Download the latest .pkg.tar.zst package from the project's GitHub releases page.

2. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you downloaded the file.

3. Install the package using the following command:

   sudo pacman -U [name-of-the-package].pkg.tar.zst

Replace [name-of-the-package].pkg.tar.zst with the actual file name.

DEB manual installation

1. Download the latest .deb package from the project's GitHub releases page.

2. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you downloaded the file.

3. Install the package using the following command:

   sudo apt install [name-of-the-package].deb

RPM (Manual Installation)

1. Download the latest .rpm package from the project's GitHub releases page or your distribution's package repository.

2. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you downloaded the file.

3. Install the package using the following command:

   sudo dnf install [name-of-the-package].rpm
   # or, for openSUSE:
   sudo zypper install [name-of-the-package].rpm
   # or, for older systems:
   sudo rpm -i [name-of-the-package].rpm

Replace [name-of-the-package].rpm with the actual file name.