What is a Unicode character? On whatever computer you use, there is a system that allows you to type special symbols and characters.

There’s a semi-hidden way to access special symbol sets in Unicode, and a somewhat obscure method of searching for specific symbols across all of macOS’s included Unicode characters.

Mac 911 How to use macOS’s Character Viewer to type emoji and other symbols Characters hard to access from the keyboard can easily be retrieved from the Favorites section of the Character Viewer.