“Why can’t I see the symbols/characters like everyone else?”
“Why do my symbols/characters look like boxes, with numbers inside?”
“Why can’t I read the symbols/characters of other languages?”
The problem. Years ago, computers only had 128 characters: a-z, A-Z, punctuation, etc. They only spoke English. Few kool symbols. But that was then, this is now.
I’ll spare you the entire evolution from then to now, all you need to know is now we have Unicode (UTF-8) which gives us thousands more characters/symbols. From The Official Google Blog:
For the first time, we found that Unicode was the most frequent encoding found on web pages, overtaking both ASCII and Western European encodings.
So we have more characters/symbols now. How many? Over a hundred-thousand Unicode characters/symbols. But there’s only about 60,000 characters you really need, enough to cover all the modern languages. Most computers/websites won’t recognize much beyond this, otherwise known as “Plane 0″ or the “Basic Multilingual Plane”.
In HTML, that’s just about everything between ! and  where “xxx” in &#xxx; is the decimal number of the Unicode symbol/character you want represented. If you’re wondering,  looks like this: . By the way, forget about hexadecimal numbers, decimal is preferred for representing characters/symbols this way.
If you have an older version of Windows, you may not have most of the Basic Multilingual Plane, which is why you can’t see many of these kool symbols. To see these characters/symbols in the Firefox browser you first need to install Code2000.
How to install the Code2000 characters/symbols. Download the .ZIP file, here. Extract it. Remember where you extracted it, you’re going to need the directory in a minute. Now click your “Start” button, click “Settings / Control Panel”, and inside your Control Panel you will see “Fonts”, double-click it. Now you will see all the fonts you have installed, but guess what, none of them have the kool symbols/characters you want. Now click “File / Install New Font” and locate the directory where you extracted the Code2000.ZIP archive. Now you should see “Code2000 (TrueType)”. Select it and click “OK”. You’re done!
Almost like magic, all your incomplete fonts inherit the kool symbols/characters of Code2000, automatically. Even though you’re using Times New Roman (or whatever font) in Firefox, Windows is smart enough to grab the appropriate, missing Unicode characters from Code2000.
Now you have thousands and thousands of new characters/symbols to play with. Remember to tell your friends to get these characters. Otherwise they can’t see what you’re writing.
Note: I don’t know the maker of Code2000. It’s a “shareware font” which means the font is free but the maker is asking for a donation if you can afford it.
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Pleaaaaaaase post a teardrop symbol for me, I cant find it anywhere. THANKS !!
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Pleaaaaaase post a teardrop symbol for me ! I cant seem to find it anywhere, thanks.
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Can u make one of a rose
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they diminish i replenish scientific i’m out this world hoe i wear girl red like a girl toe
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my name please:)
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A pistol?
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can you make my name
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CAN U DO MY NAME REALL PRETTY.
LAUREN-MONIQUE’ AKA DA BADDEST!
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teardrop please
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can you put my name in japanesse or chinnese
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[♥_♥]JEFRii[♥_♥]
(((((LOB U)))))
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ن٥ﻻ ﻉ√٥ﺎ !!!!
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CAN ANYONE DO A WOLF PLEAZ
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can u guys help me how 2 write my name odee nice
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please post a teardrop symbol
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Pipe Writing Generator – http://j.mp/8gfPAm
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Hi…
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How Do u make That Slipknot “S” i want it to be my display name help me.lol thankxx
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-☺☻♂▬♀{ⁿN╣╣iiJust hit the numb luck and press alt and press dif numbers ype.
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please do me namee :)
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skull?
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can somebody make my name out of symbols like this but seying kelsey []D [] []V[] []D plz plz plz :)
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Hi.
umm i wanted to know if you can get the line over the “N”
as in ~ <– that line..
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How do you guys get da letter -> A [but in a cooler way]
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how do i get the peace sign????
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does any1 have a lolly symbol or rainbow symbol if u do can i please hav it. thanxx iloveyouu. xx
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heyy pplz , wats doingg?
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I MEANT TO PUT OR RIAH
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could yall make my name?? MARIAHr R!AH it would be a big help!! plz and thank you!! -R!AH-
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awesome love the symbols but i need help on how to make it
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these things are amazing but i cant find the peace sign one):
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hey. i really want the peace sign.. my sister and i are in love with them.. and i would really like if i could have to code.. thanks bunches!! :)
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how do u make the star symbol
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HOW DO I GET THE MUSIC SIGN
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how do u do peace signs! send it to me
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thanx do i put it just like that
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i want to know how i can get a rose to put in my disply name
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is there one for fangs or a rose? plz and thanks
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thanks ;)
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why dont these stupi things work?
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THIS IS A GOOD SOURCE WHEN YOU NEED HELP
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☃
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℘&1floor;∂∀š∃ tell me y the # codes dont work!!!!!!!!!!!!
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why cant the number codes work on myspace??????? ♥
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PEACE SIGN???
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Hey wat up dis gurl lil raie
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here you can see all 98,884 Unicode characters
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yo
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idk kno how to get the piece sign
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Hey! How do you do the peace sign symbol?
Can you someone send it to me?
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how can i find the playboy character symbol for my profile name?
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just wondering if there’s a code for a playboy bunny like the &hearts ; ect!? and if there is what’s the code for it?
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whats the code for the peace siign?
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Katie, here is the peace sign: ☮
Stars: ★ ☆ ✮ ✯
More symbols here: http://www.ferodynamics.com/peace-symbols-and-hearts/
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how do you get the codes for the peace sign and a star so i can put it on my display name on myspace.
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how do i get the peace sign? with the 2 fingers and such
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whats good ur
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ya
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Hi,
here you can see all 98,884 Unicode characters:
http://www.decodeunicode.org