Most of your fonts contain thousands of characters, many more than you can access from the keyboard. If you want to get the most out of your fonts, then PopChar is the right tool for you.

PopChar makes "typing" of unusual characters easy without having to remember keyboard combinations.

Whenever you need a special character, PopChar is there to help. Click the "P" in the menu bar to display a table of characters. Select the desired character and it instantly appears in your document.

PopChar works with modern applications that support Unicode as well as with older applications that support only the smaller ASCII character set. In Unicode mode, PopChar makes it easy to navigate and search within fonts that contain thousands of special characters.

Web designers especially will enjoy the ability to insert HTML symbols.

Features

-Inserts special characters right into your document - no font cheat sheet, no copy & paste, no need to remember keyboard combinations
-Simple to use: Just click and select
-Full Unicode support with different comfortable views and pop-up menu for quick navigation among groups of characters.
-Search for characters by name, by Unicode number or by simply pasting some text from your document into the search field.
-Magnifier tool provides an enlarged view to see all details of characters including their position relative to the baseline.
-Work across font boundaries and see all available characters system-wide
-Recent characters view for instant access to your frequently used characters
-Flexible user interface to satisfy the individual needs of different users
-Displays the keystrokes needed to create selected characters.
-Automatically detects the current font in many popular applications (including Word, Excel, Illustrator, PageMaker).
-Optimized font menu that contains only the most recently used fonts, giving quick access to the required font, even with hundreds of fonts installed
-Various insertion modes: Insert characters as plain or formatted text
-Inserts HTML symbols
-Context menu allows you to copy the selected character to the clipboard in various formats (including Unicode number and HTML code).
-Hot key activation
-Automatically starts at login

New in this version

-PopChar now runs natively on 64-bit Windows.
-An improved installer avoids permission problems during installation on standard user accounts. As a consequence, PopChar no longer starts automatically after installation on Windows Vista.
-Adds a new context menu command for copying a character's Unicode name to the clipboard.
-Offers an improved user interface for the search field.

-Retains the focus on the search field when the mouse is moved.
-Improves the positioning of dialogs and the magnifier tool on system configurations with multiple displays.
-Fixes a problem where printer fonts were not included in the font list.