Charles Curley: > Siard: > > > To type ♠ , for example: > > > > - hold Ctrl+Shift > > - type U2660 > > - release Ctrl+Shift > > Nice to know about, but it requires knowing the UTF code for the > characters you want. That's a bit like trying to navigate the Internet > with IP addresses instead of fully qualified domain names. > > I think for day-to-day use I'll stick to using the compose key.
Yes, the compose key is the preferred method, but for symbols that are not available for it, the above method remains. Example: 'black heart' ♥ = compose key + <3 'white heart' ♡ = the above method with U2661 gucharmap may be used to find the codes, and I also found https://unicode-explorer.com to be very useful. And if you use a symbol like ♡ more often, you can turn it into a character to be used with the compose key yourself, like David Wright described.
