PopChar X’s seasoned search capabilities will help you find what you are looking for, whether you need to search for a character by name, identify fonts that contain specific characters, or explore the entire character set of a font. Version 8.9: Fixed. 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.

• PopChar now has a more modern installer with resizable window.
• Fixed a bug where PopChar did not show newest Unicode characters in the 'All Unicode characters' view.

• Fixed a bug that led to incorrect find shape results.
• Updated and extended HTML symbol codes and entities.
• Requires Windows 7, 8, or 10.

• PopChar now supports Unicode 13.0.
• Minor improvements in the appearance of dialogs.

• Fixed a bug that caused a crash, mostly during startup with a font management system installed.

• PopChar now supports Unicode 12.1.
• PopChar now supports additional font-specific Unicode descriptions (FontAwesome, Material Icons).

• Fixed a bug that made PopChar crash sometimes when reading font information.
• Fixed a bug where pressing ESC did not work properly in the search character field.

• PopChar now supports font-specific Unicode descriptions for several fonts (Webdings, Wingdings, Wingding 2, Wingdings 3).
• New mechanism for alternative names in the Unicode standard (currently used to unify lambda/lamda).

• Ctrl mousewheel for increasing/decreasing character size (zooming in/out).

• PopChar now lets you define the number of lines in the block for recently used characters.
• Improved About dialog with information about available fonts and characters.
• All built-in links to the Ergonis web site now use secure https connections.

• Fixed a bug when showing control characters.
• Fixed a bug where search results contained wrong characters.
• Fixed a bug where search results contained too few characters.
• Improved stability through internal code cleanup.

• PopChar now supports Unicode 11.0.
• Option for remembering the selected font for all applications (instead of separately per application).
• PopChar now allows to reset all custom font sizes.
• HTML characters can now be inserted in both decimal and hexadecimal notation.
• Highlighting favorite characters outside the favorites block can now be turned on/off.
• Fixed a bug where highlighting of favorite characters did not work in all situations.

• The display of @fonts is now optional.
• Improved preferences dialog.
• Diagnostic messages now contain name of font that may have caused problems.
• Fixed minor bug in diagnostic messages (newlines).
• Fixed optical glitch in displaying HTML codes.
• Clearer instructions in auto-generated support e-mail messages.

• PopChar and its installer are now digitally signed to guarantee the authenticity of PopChar.
• When ligatures are inserted, they now also show up as recent characters.
• Ligatures can now also be defined as favorite characters.
• The representation of characters that are not available in any installed font has been improved.
• The context menu for ligatures has been extended to add/remove them to/from recent and favorite characters.
• Changed the Alphabet layout such that the Romanian language now contains the letters s and t with a comma below rather than a cedilla.

• Fixed a bug where PopChar crashed in rare situations when marking characters.
• Fixed wrong tab stop orders in dialogs.
• Updated and extended help file, e.g., with information about 'All Unicode characters'.
• Fixed a bug where blinking of a character shown in Unicode context did not work properly.
• Fixed a bug where blinking of a marked character did not work properly.
• Fixed a bug where characters shown in the left column after finding similar characters by shape were not marked correctly.

• Custom Layouts: It is now possible to create custom groupings and arrangements for characters.
• New “Recent Characters” section is now always available at the top of the character table, right below the favorite characters.
• Predefined layout that arranges emojis by their meaning.
• It is now possible to link fonts with preferred layouts that work best for these fonts.
• Cleaned-up layouts: The legacy layout ASCII as well as the Recent Characters layout have been removed, as they are no longer needed.
• PopChar now finds and displays ligatures that are available in fonts.
• The “Show x in the Unicode Context” context menu command is now also available for characters in the Favorites group, the new Recent group and in other layouts.

• New view “All Unicode Characters” shows all characters that are defined in the Unicode standard with placeholders for those that do not have a representation in any installed font.
• When selecting “Show x in the Unicode Context”, the selected character briefly blinks, so it's easier to find among the other characters.
• The “Show x in the Unicode Context” context menu command now always shows the selected character in the standard “Unicode Blocks” layout.
• Support for Unicode 10.0.
• Fixes a problem where the window size sometimes got reset in certain circumstances
• Corrects the help file text about inserting characters.

• The Unicode blocks pop-up menu uses a smaller line height to avoid scrolling when many groups are to be shown.
• When a new version is available, the message in the Preferences window now also informs about the current version and whether the new version is covered by your license key.

• Corrects a misleading message in the registration dialog when the license key was out of date.
• Fixes a bug that caused PopChar to crash in rare situations when reading information of fonts.

• PopChar now supports Unicode 9.0.
• Updated descriptions for German Emoji characters.
• Updated layout 'Scripts and Symbols'.
• Additional protection of the installer against potential DLL preloading attacks.
• If PopChar experiences an unexpected problem, it will now ask to save a minidump file that, if sent to us, will help us nail down bugs.

• Reduced installer size.
• Importing favorites is now more flexible and supports all Unicode transformation formats.
• Fixed a bug where PopChar sometimes forgot the position of its window when reopening.
• Fixed a bug where PopChar sometimes did not show a few characters of non-Unicode fonts.

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• It is now possible to collapse or expand all groups by pressing the Alt key while clicking a disclosure icon.
• Group headers can now be collapsed and expanded with double-clicks (in addition to clicking the disclosure icon).
• Typing now starts a search without needing to select the search field first.
• When a character is contained in the Favorites, the command 'Show in Unicode context' showed this favorite character instead of the character in its Unicode context.
• PopChar sometimes crashed when backing up clipboard contents.

• The Registration window now contains information about the issue date of the registered license key.
• Filtering in font list was not correct after uninstalling/reinstalling a font.
• Favorite fonts got lost after uninstalling/reinstalling a font.
• The Unicode blocks 'Coptic', 'Georgian Supplement' and 'Modifier Tone Letters' were missing.
• Solved an issue where a dll conflict was reported when installing PopChar in a different language than the previous version.

• 'Check for updates' now considers system requirements.
• As recommended by Microsoft, the installer now simply creates a shortcut to PopChar in the common Start Menu Programs folder instead of creating a Start Menu folder for the application.
• As recommended by Microsoft, the installer will show the 'Select Start Menu Folder' and the 'Select Destination Location' wizard pages unless a previous version of PopChar already exists.

• PopChar now has a workaround to support Inspiration Pro 2014.
• Fixes a bug where the current OS version had not been identified correctly.
• Minor optical improvement in status bar.
• Fixes a bug that sometimes caused a crash during the launch of PopChar.

• PopChar now supports Unicode 8.0.
• Tested to run on Windows 10.
• PopChar now shows descriptions of Chinese characters and lets you search for these descriptions.

• PopChar Setup is now prevented from running while another instance of it is already running.
• The ShapeFinder window is now closed automatically when the user changes the view.

• Graphical shape finder for finding characters by drawing the desired shape.
• Find similar shapes.
• Prepared to run smoothly on Windows 10.
• New window layout with permanently visible font list.
• Font filter for limiting the font list to fonts that match a given text.
• PopChar can now export and import the favorite characters to and from a text file.
• Improved Unicode description in help documentation.

• Search 'unnamed' did not yield all characters without a Unicode name.
• Too long Unicode names are now truncated to fit in the available space.
• Fixes a cosmetic misalignment issue between status bar and scroll bar in the PopChar window on Windows 10.
• Shortened text for Font Preview window for better overview of various font sizes.
• Various internal improvements and fixes lead to improved speed and robustness.

• PopChar now supports Unicode version 7.0.
• Optical improvements when printing 'Font Preview' or 'Sample Text'.
• After a search operation, a new context menu item 'Show X in Unicode Context' clears the search field and shows the selected character's context in the character table.

• In some situations when monitors changed, the fontlist window appeared on the screen without PopChar's character table.

• PopChar now supports the printing of font previews and sample texts.
• Unicode fonts were not filtered correctly.
• The font list now gets copied depending on what is displayed in the font window.

• Shortcuts are shown in the PopChar menu.
• Statusbar is now being updated correctly when switching views.
• In some situations keyboard shortcuts were ignored.

• New Font Info view shows detailed information about the selected font.
• New context menu item 'Copy Font List' for copying the list of font names to the clipboard.

• PopChar now supports Unicode 6.3.
• Version info in About dialog now clearly indicates whether 32-bit or 64-bit version is running.

• PopChar now has considerably improved keyboard support.
• Pressing ESC in the search text ends the search process and sets the focus back to the popchar window.
• Ctrl+digit keyboard shortcuts for switching the current view.
• Pressing ESC in a dialog does not close the PopChar window also any more.
• German umlauts can now be used to search for German Unicode names.

• Fixed a bug where resizing the window resulted in a white space before the Favorites block.
• Fixed a bug where wrong search result had been shown after a search for 'Number' or 'Unnamed'.
• Background version checks polled too frequently in certain situations.
• Clearing the search field did not refresh the character view correctly.

• Streamlined user interface.
• New 'Font Preview' gives an impression of a selected font by showing a few representative characters and a selectable sample text in multiple font sizes.
• New 'Sample Text' shows what the font looks like when applied to typical text fragments. Various predefined samples can be selected.
• PopChar now opens the Popchar window when started manually.
• Improved compatibility with Windows 8 and third-party applications.
• The ASCII/Unicode/All control has been replaced with a pop-up button with clearer descriptions.
• Code pages are no longer needed and have been removed.

• The shown repertoire no longer switches between characters of the current font and the union of all fonts when switching applications.
• Pressing ESC in the search text ends the search process and sets the focus back to the popchar window.
• The mouse wheel now always controls the PopChar window, even when the focus is in the search text.
• Improved display when resizing the PopChar window.
• Keyboard support in fontlist window.
• Fixes a problem where PopChar failed to insert characters when the PopChar window was opened the first time.

• Fixes a problem where PopChar Win 5.5.1 did still not launch correctly on some 64 bit Windows XP configurations.

• Fixes a problem where PopChar Win 5.5 did not launch correctly on some Windows XP configurations.

• PopChar has been tested to run smoothly on Windows 8.
• PopChar now supports Unicode 6.2.
• The slider in the status bar now shows whether zoom is above or below default value.

• The mouse wheel now always controls the PopChar window, even when the focus is in the search text.
• Security features like ASLR (address space layout randomization) have been enabled.

• Support for Unicode 6.1.
• PopChar now displays the number of fonts for each of the different categories in the font list window.

• When searching for characters, the filter was not applied to plane 2 and above.
• Improved user feedback in Preferences window when no hotkey was defined.

• In addition to 'plain', PopChar now also supports the font styles 'bold' and 'italic'.
• Improves handling of lowercase characters in license keys.
• Improvements in the display of the font list window.

• Minor improvement in the display of the magnify window.
• Fixes a crash that occurred in rare situations during the start of PopChar.

• A new custom size slider allows to individually shrink or enlarge the display per font, relative to the global character size setting in PopChar's preferences.
• During installation, a possibly running PopChar instance is now exited later, right before installing the new version.

• Automatically exits a possibly running PopChar instance during uninstall.
• In a few cases PopChar got started twice at login.
• Minor improvements in the help file.

• Support for Unicode 6.0.
• PopChar now let you remove recent characters.
• When a new version of PopChar is announced, it is now possible to skip just this version yet receive announcements for subsequent versions.
• The PopChar installer now automatically exits a possibly running version of PopChar.
• Improved handling of favorite fonts when fonts were installed/uninstalled in Windows.
• Improved positioning of some complex characters in the magnifying glass.

• Improved display of some characters in fonts containing surrogate characters, e.g., Aegean, Code2001.
• Improves an erroneous paragraph in the section 'Finding fonts that contain certain characters' of the help file.
• Some texts in the German version of the installer appeared in English.
• 2011-02-10: Improved installer that avoids freezes during installation which rarely occurred on Windows XP.

• Frequently used characters can now be collected in a custom 'Favorites' group.
• User-definable font favorites section makes font selection a no-brainer even with hundreds of fonts installed.
• Comes with an improved look that better reflects the Windows 7 user experience.

• A number of improvements and fixes 'under the hood' for increased performance and robustness.
• Fixes a problem that occurred sometimes with too many recent characters.
• Double characters have been eliminated in Scripts and Symbols.

• PopChar can now be installed without administrator privileges.
• The uninstall process has been improved. (A few empty folders were left behind.)
• 'Scripts and Symbols' section has been updated and extended to current Unicode version 5.2.

• The font list window accidentally appeared in the task manager.
• Minor user interface improvements.

• PopChar now lets you search for fonts by type, e.g., all printer fonts or all symbol fonts.
• It is now possible to restrict the font list to only those fonts that contain the currently marked character.
• Context menu in the font list
• Support for Unicode 5.2.
• You can now scroll to a font in the font list by typing the first characters of its name.

• PopChar now displays the width of space characters.
• PopChar does no longer check for updates on every restart.
• Better support for multiple monitor configurations.
• PopChar now launches automatically after install also on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
• Minor user interface improvements.
• Windows 2000 is no longer supported.

• New 'reverse font search' feature finds all fonts that contain a given character.

• PopChar Win is compatible with Windows 7.
• Minor user interface improvements.

• PopChar now runs natively on 64-bit Windows.
• An improved installer avoids permission problems during installation on standard user accounts. As a consequence, PopChar no longer starts automatically after installation on Windows Vista.
• Adds a new context menu command for copying a character's Unicode name to the clipboard.
• Offers an improved user interface for the search field.

• Retains the focus on the search field when the mouse is moved.
• Improves the positioning of dialogs and the magnifier tool on system configurations with multiple displays.
• Fixes a problem where printer fonts were not included in the font list.

• New 'All' view displays all available Unicode characters in any installed font.
• PopChar now also lists undefined Unicode characters that may be present in some fonts.
• Improves appearance of dialog windows.
• Fixes some sizing issues in certain fonts (e.g., Cambria Math).

• Fixes some visual alignment glitches.
• PopChar sometimes crashed at startup when used by multiple users on a single machine.
• PopChar now correctly reflects changes of the input locale.

• PopChar now supports searching for characters by their decimal and hexadecimal Unicode numbers.
• Entering or pasting arbitrary text in the search field displays the characters used within the text.
• PopChar does no longer destroy the contents of the clipboard when inserting characters.
• Context menu supports copying selected characters to the clipboard in various formats.

• Automatic checking for new versions.
• Support for Unicode 5.1.
• Improved preferences dialog.
• Keyboard navigation and the usage of the search combo has been improved.
• On Windows 2000 PopChar did not adapt itself to the preferred language.

• New magnifier tool shows an enlargement of the selected character.
• PopChar now supports Unicode version 5.0.
• Sizing and positioning of characters has been improved for some fonts.
• Improved Registration dialog.
• Focus remained in search field when reseting the search text.

• Minor user interface improvements.
• Improved support for ordering license renewals.
• The scroll bar had been mispositioned in some situations.
• Recent fonts were not remembered correctly in some situations.
• PopChar sometimes encountered an error when launching automatically during login.

• New option to highlight recently selected characters in the main view.
• Improved placement of dialogs with animation turned off.

• Simplified installation process.
• Collapsed blocks had not been remembered correctly in some situations.

• The appearance of icons in the Preferences dialog has been improved.
• PopChar still did not insert characters in some FileMaker dialogs.
• PopChar forgot some of the Preferences settings in particular configurations.

• PopChar did not remember the window position correctly in some situations.
• PopChar did not always correctly select the recently used view (ASCII/Unicode/Recent).

• Automatic Font detection for AutoCad has been added.
• Handling of size slider in the Preferences dialog has been improved.
• Positioning of characters in the character table is more accurate now.
• Further HTML mnemonics have been added.
• PopChar did not insert characters in FileMaker dialogs.

• Replacing an existing version of PopChar caused a compatibility alert during installation on Windows Vista.
• PopChar crashed when none of the pre-installed Windows fonts were available.
• Styled Insertion didn't work correctly in FreeHand and Photoshop.

• The PopChar character table has been completely re-designed and offers much faster access to frequently used features.
• PopChar Win 3 is compatible with Windows Vista.
• Instead of a font menu with hundreds of fonts, PopChar now features a font list in a separate drawer that can be opened on demand. The most recently used fonts appear in a shortened pop-up menu in the PopChar window.
• Unicode characters can be arranged as Unicode blocks or as collections of scripts and symbols.
• A new Recent Characters view displays recently used characters from the current font.
• The groups in the Unicode table can be collapsed. PopChar remembers the state of the groups across fonts and restarts. If you, e.g., do not need Cyrillic letters, collapsing the Cyrillic groups gives you a better overview of the other characters.
• The PopChar window now contains a search field for instant lookup of characters by their names.
• PopChar now comes with three separate insertion modes: plain, formatted (with choice of font size) and HTML. These possibilities have already existed in previous versions, but they are now more consistent and easily accessible from the main window.

• HTML characters can be inserted by their names or numerically.
• It is now possible to specify the desired display size of characters.
• PopChar now shows the total number of characters in a font.
• PopChar now supports blockwise scrolling with page up and page down keys.
  
• Automatic font detection has been improved and is now available via the 'As in Document' menu command.
• Font settings and Insertion mode are now chosen automatically and remembered separately for each application.
• Improved feedback when automatic font detection succeeds or fails.
• Switching between Unicode and ASCII view is now easily accessible from the main window.
• The display of key combinations has been improved.
• PopChar Win now supports scroll wheels also on Windows 2000.
• Flickering has been eliminated when resizing the PopChar window.

• Automatic font detection has been improved and now supports a wider range of applications, including QuarkXPress and QuarkCopyDesk.

• The registration process has been simplified.
  
• PopChar did not display keyboard shortcuts in the previous version.

• PopChar now lets you configure the number of highlighted recent characters.
• PopChar now lets you configure the number of listed recent fonts.
  
• PopChar now supports an unlimited number of fonts.
• The Options dialog has been extended and improved.
• PopChar did not display all characters correctly in some fonts containing surrogate characters.

• Previous versions didn't accept license keys older than two years. Since the first version of PopChar Win was released in February 2004, this problem didn't hurt up to now. However, the ugprade to version 2.1 is free for all customers and your old license keys will work with this version.

• PopChar has been internationalized. A German version is now available.
• PopChar now supports Unicode version 4.1.0.
• PopChar highlights printer fonts and lets you remove these from the font list.
• You can choose to display font names in their own font.

• After inserting a character you can now choose between activating, deactivating and closing the PopChar window.
• The preferences dialog has been extended.
  
• The PopChar Window, while in background, now adjusts automatically to the current font of the target application.

• PopChar now supports Unicode surrogates, i.e., characters beyond U+FFFF.
• PopChar now lets you switch the default view between Unicode and Charset (ASCII).
• PopChar now also supports console windows.
  
• The display of key combinations has been improved.
  

• PopChar did not handle Type 1 fonts correctly.
• Hot keys are now remembered correctly.
• PopChar did not insert characters correctly in some applications, e.g., Outlook.
• In rare situations PopChar experienced an unknown error and had to exit. This should no longer occur.

• PopChar automatically detects the current font of the target application.
• PopChar displays recently used fonts on top of the font combo box.
• 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 font list.

• PopChar did not properly display several Unicode characters on Windows 9x.
  
• Improved look and feel.
• The installer now detects when PopChar is running and issues a warning.
• The installer lets you automatically start PopChar after installation.
• The installer lets you automatically start PopChar at startup.
• PopChar can now be uninstalled easily via the Start menu.

• PopChar Win now offers full Unicode support.
• PopChar Win now supports scroll wheels on Windows XP.
  
• The new look and feel for the Windows XP environment is now supported.

• PopChar Win now comes in form of a single installer for all Platforms (Windows XP, 2000, NT, ME, 98, 95).

• First Public Release

If you have a problem with PopChar X, please check out the user's guide first. The user's guide is available via the Help command in the PopChar menu. You can also download it here in English, German, and French.

If neither the user's guide nor this FAQ page answers your question, please contact our technical support.

This page answers frequently asked questions concerning PopChar X. When necessary, we add new hints and problem solving tips to this page.

We regularly update this page whenever we come across a topic that may be of interest for many PopChar users.

If you have a problem with PopChar X, we suggest that you first try the following steps:

• Make sure you have the latest version of Mac OS X and all system updates: Launch 'App Store' and install all available updates. If you need to restart your Mac after the update, repeat this step until no further updates are available.
• Please verify that you have the most recent version of PopChar X. Check the 'Updates' tab in PopChar's Preferences window and click the 'Check Now' button to perform an immediate online check for a newer version.

• If there is a problem with PopChar X in combination with a particular application, make sure you have the latest version of that application. If you have a problem with any part of MS Office, run Microsoft AutoUpdate to install the latest updates.
• Restart your Mac (unless you already did that during the software update).

In many cases, these steps help to fix software-related problems. If this does not help, check if any of the following questions apply to your problem. If not, contact our technical support for help.

Is PopChar compatible with macOS Big Sur?

Yes, but you need PopChar X 9.1 or newer for full compatibility with Big Sur. For more information, please see our compatibility page.

Is PopChar compatible with macOS Catalina?

Yes, but you need PopChar X 8.10 or newer for full compatibility with Catalina. For more information, please see our compatibility page.

Why does PopChar fail to work after upgrading to Mojave/Catalina/Big Sur?

There is a bug in Mojave’s, Catalina's, and Big Sur's handling of application permissions, which can prevent some applications (such as PopChar) to work properly. Follow the steps below to work around the problem:

• Open System Preferences / Security & Privacy.
  
• Click the Privacy tab and select “Accessibility” in the list to the left. PopChar should be listed in the System Preferences window as shown in the picture below.
• To make any changes, you will need to open the padlock at the bottom of the window (requires an administrator password).
  
• First try turning PopChar off and back on in the list. This already helped for some users.
  
• If toggling the checkbox did not help, select PopChar in the list and click the “–“ button to remove PopChar.
  
• Click the “+” button and select PopChar from the Applications folder to add it back to the list.
  

PopChar will appear in the list with the checkbox turned on as shown in the picture to the right. From now on, it should be back to normal.

If this does not help immediately, restart your computer.

Hint: This trick may also work for other applications that do not work as expected.

Is PopChar compatible with older system versions?

Yes, we take special care not to leave our long-time users behind. The latest version of PopChar X is compatible with Mojave (10.14), High Sierra (10.13), Sierra (10.12), El Capitan (10.11), and Yosemite (10.10). For more information, please see our compatibility page.

Why does PopChar X not recognize the current font in the active application?

There can be several reasons why PopChar X might fail to detect which font is being used in the active application:

• If you get a message that 'Access for assistive devices' should be enabled, you need to grant PopChar the required permissions. On Mavericks and newer (including Yosemite), open System Preferences / Security & Privacy, and enable PopChar in the “Privacy” section. On older versions of OS X, activate the option 'Enable access for assistive devices” in 'Universal Access'.
• If font detection does not work at all in a particular application, this is very likely because the application does not have a font menu in the menu bar.
• If font detection generally works in an application but fails in some situations, a dialog window may be in the front or the font menu may be temporarily unavailable. In this case, PopChar X will display the font that has recently been used in this application. If you need a different font, temporarily select this font and return to the 'As in Document' setting afterwards.

In general: If automatic font detection fails in a particular application, you need to manually select the desired font in the font pop-up menu of PopChar. PopChar will then remember the selected font for this application.

Why does 'formatted' insertion of characters not work in the application XY?

Applications must actively support 'formatted' insertion of characters. It works for most word processors (such as Pages and Microsoft Word). If it does not work in a specific application, a wrong character may appear in the destination document. You can fix the problem by applying the desired font to the inserted character.

Why do fonts activated with FontExplorer not show up in PopChar?

This has to do with the way how FontExplorer makes activated fonts available to applications. To make sure that PopChar updates its list of available fonts, go to FontExplorer's preferences, enable the option 'Enable interception of font requests' and set 'All Others' to 'Allow Requests'.

Does PopChar support emoji characters?

Yes. We continuously update PopChar to support the whole emoji set, as defined by the Unicode standard, including emoji characters with skin tones. Starting with version 9.0, PopChar fully supports the Emoji 13.0 character set. It is still possible that you do not see all defined emoji characters if you are using an older version of macOS with an older version of the Apple Color Emoji font.

Why do wrong characters appear when I insert characters from symbol fonts?

Some symbol fonts (for example, Webdings and the Wingdings family) contain many special characters in the “Private Use Area”. This is a section of Unicode that can be used by font designers for font-specific special characters. Different fonts will therefore contain different characters in this section. When you use PopChar to insert special characters from such symbol fonts, you need to make sure that the current font in your text document matches the symbol font. When PopChar appears to insert a different character, check the inserted character’s attributes and apply the correct symbol font to the character.

What is the best procedure to install or update PopChar X?

PopChar uses a 'smart self installation' technique that makes installing and updating a breeze. Just mount the downloaded disk image and double-click the PopChar icon inside. PopChar will quit an older copy that may be running, copy itself to the Applications folder and launch the newly installed copy. There is no magic involved: You could do all this by hand as well; PopChar just simplifies and automates the process and gets you up and running in seconds.

For further information, please see our Tips page on how to best update Ergonis Software macOS products.

PopChar's 'P' disappeared from the menu bar. What happened?

First try moving the mouse pointer into the top-left and top-right corners of the screen. If the 'P' appears, you may have enabled the preferences option to 'show 'P' only when pointing into the corner'.

When the 'P' in the menu bar does not appear, PopChar is probably not running. Locate the PopChar application icon in the Applications folder and double-click it. See the next section about how to make sure that PopChar automatically launches when you start up your computer.

Why doesn't PopChar appear after startup?

Make sure that the check box 'Start PopChar at Login' in the Preferences window is checked. If that still does not help, try these steps:

• Make sure that the 'System Preferences' application is not running.
• Launch PopChar if it's not already running.
• Turn 'Start PopChar at Login' off and back on again.

If you are running a PopChar version older than 6.0 on Mountain Lion, the 'Start PopChar at Login' checkbox does not work. You need to manually add PopChar as a login item in System Preferences.

Why does insertion of Unicode characters produce wrong symbols in the application XY?

Unicode must be actively supported by applications. If an application fully supports Unicode, you can insert all Unicode characters with PopChar.

Some legacy applications (such as AppleWorks and older versions of Microsoft Word) support only the older 'MacRoman' encoding. This means that you can use only a small subset of the Unicode repertoire.

To see which characters can be used in such applications, select 'MacRoman' from the pop-up at the right side of the PopChar window.

How do I uninstall PopChar?

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To uninstall PopChar, perform these steps:

1. Open the PopChar window.
2. Select 'Preferences' from the gear-wheel menu in the top-right corner of the window.
3. In the Activation tab, make sure that “Start PopChar at login” is disabled, then click 'OK'.
4. Select 'Quit' from the gear-wheel menu.
5. Delete the PopChar application.

In versions older than PopChar 7.0, the gear-wheel menu is located in the top-left of the window; in even older versions, it has the label “PopChar”.

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