Unicode is a text encoding standard with a large collection of symbols and characters. It works practically everywhere – text files, the terminal, web pages, and so on. Besides obvious stuff like math symbols, you get emojis, arrows, box-drawing shapes, and more.
You can manipulate Unicode symbols like normal text. You can change their color (except emojis), size, and placement, even interactively. You can use them as icons. This lets you build GUIs that are light and easy to edit.
This list is just a sample. Or maybe it's enough for what you need.
⌂ ⚙ ❌ ❬ ❭
🏠 🔧 🔍 ✉️
☐ ☑ ☒
■ □
★ ☆
🤍 ❤️
✻ ❞ ✎ ✍️
📨 ✉️ 💬
📦 📥 📎
🔔 🔕
🔊 🔉 🔈 🔇
▶️ ⏸️ ⏭️
└ ├ │ ─
🗄️ 🗃️
📁 📂
📄 🖼️ 🗒️
example:
🗄️ root
├─ 📂 dir1
│ └─ 🖼️ image.jpg
├─ 📂 dir2
│ └─ 📄 plan.doc
└─ 📄 note.md
It's kinda just text!
💻 🛜 🖨️ 📱 📲 🔋 🔌
🔒 🔓 🔑
← ↑ → ↓ ↔ ↕ ↖ ↗ ↘ ↙
↰ ↱ ↲ ↳ ↴ ↵ ↶ ↷
⇱ ⇲
For more fanciness, check out the official Unicode charts or the Wikipedia's list
2024-05-16