- Ctrl+shift+u (a underlined u will appear)
- release the key combo (the underlined u will remain)
- Type the HEX value of the character (it will appear next to the underlined u)
- Press Enter
- the special character will replace the underlined u and HEX code
For example using the HEX value…
2186 will display the down arrow ↆ
266A will display the music note ♪
271d will display a cross (The purple doesn’t appear in a my text editor) ✝
271e will display a different cross ✞
06e9 will display whatever this is ۩
In Linux Mint you can find these codes and many more in the Character Map
- Useful scripts (on the left)…for me are Latin and Common… Sometimes you have to scroll down a bit to see them