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PopChar from Ergonis Software is a Mac utility that gives you instant access to every character in every font installed on your Mac, all from a single click on a small "P" in the menu bar. Whether you need currency symbols, accented letters, arrows, mathematical notation, or typographic punctuation, PopChar puts them all at your fingertips without hunting through menus or memorising unusual keyboard shortcuts.

In this tutorial, Lee walks through everything you need to get up and running with PopChar. This includes inserting your first character, searching the full Unicode library, building a collection of favourites, as well as using the HTML insertion mode for web work. He also covers two power user features: finding which of your installed fonts support a specific character, and the Shape Finder for identifying characters you can see but can't name.

PopChar is available via Setapp. At the time of this recording, you can also purchase directly from the developer with a one-time payment of $39.99 for the current major version, or take up an annual subscription for $19.99.