Wenting Zhang

Symbols to Copy - Search difficult-to-type symbols and copy to clipboard

Some symbols are very difficult to type out. Personally, I can only remember a handful of maniac keyboard shortcuts like “alt 0147” to type out curly quote (“)! Symbols to Copy comes to the rescue — search difficult-to-type symbols and copy to the clipboard!

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Wenting Zhang
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I am a typographer first and foremost, and I can’t stand to have straight quotation marks ("") in my writing — straight quotes are for the muggles! There is no excuse to use them other than in code, in which I do use them and admit they are useful. For everything else, use curly quotes (“” ‘’)! I am a sneakerhead but don’t own a pair of off-white x Nike sneakers for that very reason — having "AIR" in double straight quotes printed on my shoes and wearing them in broad daylight? I don’t know who I would be anymore. Typing out curly quotes is no easy task — in Windows, it is holding down the ALT key and then typing out 0 1 4 7, which I know by heart at this point. Judging by the length, they are more like “longcuts.” As an average human, there are only so many silly longcuts I can remember. I need to search for “ellipsis” every time I need to add a proper … instead of three periods in my text; it is getting increasingly infuriating. So I made Symbols to Copy! Symbols to Copy is a weekend project hacking around NoCode tools. It is built with Notion and Cloudflare workers. It does simple tasks: - Search for the symbol in the database - Click to copy that symbol to your clipboard - If you need other format of the symbol, like Unicode (U+2026), HTML Code (&# 8230;), CSS Code (\2026), or HTML Entity (…), click into the detail view to find them The chances are that you don’t need it today, but you will need it one day — bookmark it, or remember it is called “Symbols to Copy”! Hope you enjoy this little tool Symbols to Copy, or rather, §ymbols to ©opy! If you have any questions or feedback, please let me know! Yours, wentin
Doreen Weber
@wentin Congrats on the launch! 🎉
Jesse
@wentin No more searching symbols from the internet👌 Nice!
Al Khan
@wentin Amazing work! It’s no longer necessary to search up for symbols. They’re so freely available. Congratulations on the launch!
Wenting Zhang
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@alcaan Thanks for your kind words and support Al! ☆
Wenting Zhang
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@doreen_weber thanks so much Doreen : ) ☆
Farhan Aslam
That is great man. Finally someone who is doing something creative.
Wenting Zhang
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@farhan_aslam1 thanks for the support Farhan! ☆
Iaroslav Chuikov
Thanks so much, I switched to Mac (from Win) couple of years ago and still missing that utilite with special symbols :/ Upvoted!
Wenting Zhang
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@je_suis_yaroslav Thanks so much for your support, Yaroslav and me too - I share your pain with symbols! Hope this will be useful : ) ★
Wenting Zhang
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@karimsaif thanks so much Karim! ★
Basharath
This is so cool and well implemented. Congrats!
Wenting Zhang
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@basharath Thanks Basharath! ★
Johan Steneros
Im going to add this to my bookmark. I can see it very handy when needed.
Wenting Zhang
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@jsteneros I'm glad to hear that Johan! Thanks for your support! ☆ and let me know if you have any feedback!
Hua Shu
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this is awesome wenting! bookmarked and now I'm excited to use all the silly symbols in my tweets ! ♪ ☆★
Wenting Zhang
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@huashu can't wait to see those :D ★
Dapeng Ni
Interesting! Congratulations.
Wenting Zhang
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@dapeng_ni Thanks so much for your support Dapeng! ☆★ : D
Oleh Solomakha
AWESOME🎉
Wenting Zhang
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@new_user_1242022b6b919386c Thanks a lot Oleh! ☆
Jonas Pelzer
Very useful, thank you!
Wenting Zhang
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@jonaspelzer thanks Jonas! I'm so glad you find it useful! ☆ : )
Evgeniy Yakubovskiy
Amazing product and congrats for the launch!
Wenting Zhang
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@evgeniyyakubovckiy thanks so much Evgeniy! ★
Joel Goldfoot
Thank you!!!
Wenting Zhang
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@joel_goldfoot np XD, and thanks for your support Joel ★
Alice Melone
Cool and useful 🔥 Congrats with the launch!
Wenting Zhang
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@alice_melone Thank you Alice! ★ : )
Erika S.
This is cool. I like the idea!
Wenting Zhang
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@erikasantos22 Thanks so much Erika! : )
Kristiyan Tsvetanov
Looks great! We could collaborate to turn it into a Chrome extension which makes them available in every input.
Wenting Zhang
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@kristiyan_tsvetanov yes! Upvoted star tab, great project! interested in a collab! Mind if we connect via email and talk about it? My email: wendy@typogram.co
Tom Charde
Well done. I've already replaced copypastecharacter.com (which became buggy and bloated with ads) with this in my bookmarks toolbar. Feature request: Ability to save a set of favorites that appears above the main list.
Wenting Zhang
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@tomcharde didn't know about copypastecharacter.com — noted! I love your feature request, thinking about adding that utilizing localStorage so users don't need an account!
Tom Charde
@wentin I was going to suggest that. I think you'll get more usage if ppl don't have to create an account.
Samir Ganbarov
Very useful thing for those who works with text!
Samee Hassan
Nice work! Congrats!
Judson Dunn
Nice idea! One suggestion, instead of instructions on the front page about how to search, why not a search box right there?
Wenting Zhang
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@jud5on would love to do that, but it is hacked upon Notion (another product). I am thinking about making it into a new version if this really takes off. so I can have full control of the user experience, the search the the #1 problem to fix. I am also thinking adding user favorites and copy history, utilizing localStorage so it is private
Chen Friedman
I can't tell you how perfect of a timing finding this is... A rescue indeed! Kudos to you, @wentin
Wenting Zhang
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@chen_friedman wow glad it appeared at the right time for you! Curious what was the occasion that you needed this tool?