gucharmap(1)
π gucharmap(1) β the Unicode character picker & font browser, bestie edition π
General Commands Manual β¨ okay so this is the glow-up of a classic, and I'm obsessed π
πΈ NAME πΈ
gucharmap β Unicode character picker and font browser π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
gucharmap [OPTION...]
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
okay so picture this: every single Unicode character justβ¦ sitting there, waiting for you. gucharmap lets you browse through all the available Unicode characters and categories for the fonts you've got installed, and then β and this is the best part β you can examine their detailed properties. π₯
it's giving encyclopedia but make it cute. it's giving font browser main character energy. no cap. π
π OPTIONS π
--fontβ the font you wanna start with, like for example'Serif 27'ποΈβ¨ yes queen, pick your vibe before you even open the thing--display=DISPLAYβ the X display to use π₯οΈπ«
gucharmap also accepts the standard GNOME and GTK options, so go off, bestie, you've got options (literally) π«Ά
π AUTHORS π
gucharmap was written by Noah Levitt <nlevitt@columbia.edu> and others. π
this manual page was written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). π slay, honestly.
π SEE ALSO π
gtk-options(7)gnome-options(7)- the online documentation available through the program's Help menu πβ¨
π«Ά friendly reminder: when in doubt, hit that Help menu. iykyk.
GNOME π§ 2007-05-05 π and that's the whole page, bestie β go browse some characters, you absolute icon ππΈπ
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: gucharmap 1:15.0.2-1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- debian trixie: gucharmap 1:15.1.5-1+b1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: gucharmap 1:14.0.3-1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: gucharmap 1:15.1.3-1build1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: gucharmap 1:15.1.5-1
- ubuntu resolute: gucharmap 1:16.0.2-4 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: gucharmap 1:17.0.2-2 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later
- Copyright (C) 2006 Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms