Character maps

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Hi. I was looking on line for chess characters to use on a word template. and came across these above. Aperatnly they are part of Segoe UI Symbol. I wanted to find the keys to type to get them but, unlike windings I can't find them. I can get to windows character map and a drop down for the font but they are not there. They seem to be part of the windows installed character fonts.

Any chess lovers here?

What I found:


Several fonts exist that include chess pieces as part of their character set, allowing you to easily incorporate chess symbols into text. Some popular options include Segoe Chess, Chessvetica, and Chess Merida Unicode. These fonts offer various styles and Unicode encodings for flexible use in different applications.

Can not currently verify the following:

• Segoe Chess: This font, part of the Segoe family from Microsoft, provides a clean and widely compatible way to represent chess pieces.
  
  
• Chessvetica: Behance features a font designed with both 2D and 3D chess piece representations, with a focus on readability and the ability to indicate good or bad moves.
  
  
• Chess Merida Unicode: This font, originally designed by Armando Hernandez Marroquin, uses Unicode encoding, making it suitable for web-based applications and easy integration with HTML. It also includes a JavaScript tool to simplify writing chessboard positions in HTML.
  
  
• OTL Checkmate: A smart and modern open-source font based on contextual alternatives, which automatically handles some routine tasks when typing chess diagrams.
  
  
• Chess Merida Font: A full suite of chess pieces as scalable vector graphics for websites.
  
  
• Dreamland (Comicraft): MyFonts lists this font as part of their chess fonts collection.
  
  
• Noto Sans Symbols: The Chess Variant Pages notes that this font, among others, includes chess piece characters.
  
  
• Chess (Font Library): Font Library offers a font that includes chess symbols, aiming for clarity and ease of use.
  
  
• Chess Fonts (general): Resource Boy provides a collection of both free and premium chess fonts.

They are there - did you scroll down far enough?

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Cool, never spotted those before! I wish the Character Map was a bit easier to use...