If you work with multilingual or technical documents, or if you frequently use dingbat fonts, PopChar X 5 will quickly pay for itself.
MacWorld Editors' Choice
Using a Mac without PopChar is like driving a BMW only in first gear or playing a piano with one hand.
Charles Ying,
founder of MyFonts.com
- It is now possible to assign custom names to characters, which can be used in the search field. PopChar can now show all the fonts in which a character is available, along with the character's appearance. Keyboard equivalents for the context menu items when a character is selected. Supports the 'Brand New Roman' color font.
- PopChar finds all ligatures that are available in a font and shows them in a separate section at the bottom of the character table. PopChar 8.1 enhances the ligatures feature by now showing ligatures also as recent characters, and ligatures can be added to the favorite characters section as well.
- 'Hershey n', where n is the Hershey font number; On Windows platforms, you may also use any other fonts installed on your system. See Using TrueType Fonts for a list of available characters in the above fonts. Set this property to an integer or floating-point value giving the font size in points. The default is 9.
- Below that, it shows Related Characters, if any, and scroll down to see Font Variation. You can customize the Characters palette to reveal frequently used subsets.
Jim Cole, Jacksonville, FL
With PopChar X, Ergonis delivers a program that is definitely one of the must-have Mac utilities.
macnotes.com
In the font list, PopChar shows color icons to let you easily distinguish among raster, vector, TrueType and OpenType fonts. Preferences are now stored separately for each user. PopChar did not display all characters in some fonts. PopChar did not handle the font Code2000 correctly. PopChar did not include all available printer fonts in its.
It's a must have for anyone who deals with fonts on a daily basis. There are many font utilities out there, but this one is the leader of the pack!macnation.com
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Of all the neat utilities I have found for the Mac, one of the most useful has been PopChar X.
TheMacFeed.com I have been using PopChar since it first appeared in 1987. Twenty years and many versions later, I still use it!
Harry Babad, maccompanion.com I find it one of the most indispensable utilities on my Mac. It has always been great and just gets better and better.
Brian Wratten
Australia I've used PopChar for a long time. And it just keeps getting better. Super software. Simple to use. Reasonably priced.
Art Allen Stuart,
IA, USA
- Version:9.1
- Release Date: February 3, 2021
- System Req:Mac OS X 10.10 or newer
- Languages:EN, DE, FR
- Price: 29.99 €
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 all modern applications that support Unicode. It makes it easy to navigate and search within fonts that contain thousands of characters. Search for characters by their names or their shape, find fonts that contain certain characters, explore the character set of fonts, collect your favorite characters, insert HTML symbols. PopChar makes all these font-related tasks easy.
With PopChar, you can also take a look at fonts from a designer's perspective – see a font preview, check out what a given text fragment looks like in a certain font, and print beautiful font sheets.
Words cannot describe the huge benefits PopChar offers to you. Get an impression how PopChar can help you to get the most out of your fonts in only three minutes by watching our new short and sweet product videos.
Believe it or not - PopChar has now been around for 30 years. To read more about the milestones in the development of PopChar, see the History of PopChar.
PopChar X 9 is the recommended version for use on macOS Big Sur (11.0).
PopChar X 9 is fully compatible with macOS Big Sur (11.0), including support for Dark Mode (introduced with Mojave).
In Dark Mode, you even have the choice to see PopChar's character table in a traditional black-on-white view as on paper or a light-on-dark view that blends perfectly with the dark appearance. Since this is a matter of taste, the preferred style can be changed in PopChar's preferences.
If you have already upgraded to Big Sur or plan to upgrade soon, we recommend upgrading to PopChar X version 9.
For more information, please see our compatibility page.
For more information on how to find and insert special characters, visit the Features page
Main features
- Insert special characters
- Extensive emoji support
- Printable font preview and sample text views
Features marked with are new in PopChar X 9.
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Installation
To install PopChar X, download it from our downloads page. PopChar X is distributed as a macOS disk image (DMG). Once you have mounted the disk image, simply double-click the PopChar icon to install and launch PopChar.
As long as you do not have a license key, PopChar operates in trial mode with some special characters disabled.
When you purchase a license key and enter it in the Registration window of PopChar X, the dimmed characters will immediately become active.
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Requirements
- PopChar X 9.x requires Mac OS X 10.10 or newer.
- PopChar X 9.1 or newer is recommended for macOS Catalina (10.15) and macOS Big Sur (11.0).
- For further details, see our compatibility page.
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Languages
The current version of PopChar X is available in English, German, and French.
See also the special topics covered on our Tips Pages.
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