JCharMap

Unicode Character Viewer

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Downloads

• Run JCharMap as a normal application (uses Java Web Start, which comes with all versions of Java)
• Download as a plain jar file. You can save the jar file and double‐click it to run it. You’ll need to make sure you have Java 1.6 or later installed.
• If you don’t already have Java installed, you can get it here. The download is about 18 megabytes.

About JCharMap

JCharMap is a character viewer. It is mostly a clone of the gucharmap utility.

JCharMap is written in Java and works on all platforms. Unlike gucharmap, the data for the characters is not hard‐coded, but is read directly from the Unicode Character Database. Thus, when characters are added to the Unicode Standard, you won’t need to wait for a new version of JCharMap to be released in order to see them.

Fonts

There is no font currently available which supports every character in the Unicode Standard. However, JCharMap will combine all the fonts on your system in an attempt to have the most complete support possible. To maximize your character coverage, some fonts you should consider installing are:

• The DejaVu fonts (most Linux users have these already)
• Code2000, Code2001, and Code2002
• Arial Unicode MS (comes with Microsoft Office, but works with every operating system)
• Bitstream Cyberbit

Screenshots

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Linux: