In an increasingly visual world, copy and paste these slick symbols to make your messages stand out and leave readers asking how you did it.
✿ Hello, and welcome to your life hack for the day. When we haven’t been obsessing over comma usage, us folks at Happy have been scouring the web, locating the snazziest symbols to copy and paste into your social media and emails.
These symbols are superior to emojis, and they’re cross-platform. That’s right. From Twitter to Gmail, you’re all good to go. (Disclaimer: ok, there are a few exceptions, but not many). ✿
❦ To use these symbols yourself, simply double-tap to highlight, then copy and paste. It’s really that easy. Your days of misinterpreted text dilemmas are over.
With so many visual possibilities available, we’ve narrowed down the selection to our top 3 for each category. So, without further ado, enjoy your scroll, and be sure to let us know your favourite one. ❦
society if i could use emojis in my essays pic.twitter.com/Ts4I8gYm7x
— jay 🦠 BLM (@p1ssfrog) November 9, 2020
Smiles
Basic and brilliant: ☺
Ditto: ☻
For the art students: ツ
Bullet points
The trusty, stock standard: ●
A raunchy take on a classic: ☉
Clubs, spades, hearts, and diamonds: ❖
Lines/Brackets
The most eccentric brackets on the market: ⫷ ⫸
You never know when you’ll need ’em: ━ │
Triangles. I’ve got nothing: ◤ ◢
Hearts
Very fancy, certainly a flex: ❦
Nice and simple: ♥
Leunig would probably draw a love heart like this: ღ
Mr Leunig’s beautiful philosophy #leunig #love #Philosophy pic.twitter.com/oZ9PTOHQr2
— SammyMacBean (@SammyMacBean1) September 27, 2019
Stars
Colour AND sparkle: ✨
Just like the stickers your primary school teacher used: ★
Only slightly more realistic: ✧
Arrows
Straight to the point: ➜
This way, Pac-man: ⇠
Cupid’s arrow: ➳
Asterisks
Flower power: ✿
Bird’s eye view of a helicopter: ❋
The basic one: ✱
Ticks
Straight outta the textbook: ✓
Charmingly crooked: ✔
Don’t forget to vote: ☑
Handy to have
You’ll definitely need these at some point: ® © ™
Crosses
Universally recognised: ✙
Checkers anyone? ✜
For the mapmakers: ✥
Our favourite things
Peace & love, peace & love: ☮
Without a song or a dance, what are we? Also, get hyped for ABBA’s new music: ♫
Before literally anything else: ☕
thank you for the music, for giving it to me
— ria ⚡ (@lofinamjoon) November 6, 2020
Pointing
Go directly to jail: ☛
Do not pass go: ☚
Do not collect $200:☟
Spiritual
You can use this forever: ∞
‘Bout as symbolic as it gets: ✝
Balanced: ☯
Finally, the numbers
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And there you have it! Go forth and enjoy this visual approach to 21st-century communication. ✌
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