Unicode Characters & Tools

Look up any Unicode character to see its code point, decimal value, HTML entity and CSS escape, and browse the blocks these text tools draw from.

What Unicode actually standardises

Unicode assigns every encoded character a number called a code point, written in U+ notation. It standardises which character that number represents, along with its name and properties — but not how the character is drawn. Drawing is the job of a font, which is why the same code point looks different across devices.

Why that matters for these tools

Every generator on this site substitutes characters rather than applying formatting. That is why styled text survives copy and paste into plain-text fields, and also why it behaves differently from ordinary letters in search, sorting and screen readers.