Blogging Tips and Tricks #2: Symbols and ascii art
If you need to beautify your posts or layouts, symbols are a great way of adding elegance and refinement without the need for complicated flashy graphics.
Note: If you DO use these symbols, please link to this page, so others will know where to get some too.
To put symbols onto your blog:
1. In Windows XP or lower, go to:
Start> All Programs> Accessories> System Tools> Character Map.
2. In the scroll down menu, select a font that you would like to use. I would suggest Webdings or Wingdings for symbols.
3. Double-click on a character you would like to use, and click on "copy" in the bottom right-hand corner of the window. The symbol has now been copied to your clipboard.
4. Paste it anywhere you like.
For detailed instructions, go here.
Here's a compilation of useful symbols that I have found on the net:
(credits: compiled from this handy site)
♋ 웃 유 Σ ⊗ ♒ ☠ ☮ ☯ ♠ Ω ♤ ♣ ♧ ♥ ♡ ♦♢♔ ♕ ♚ ♛ ★ ☆ ✮ ✯ ☄ ☾ ☽ ☼ ☀ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☻ ☺ ۞ ۩ ♬ ✄ ✂ ✆ ✉ ✦ ✧ ∞ ♂ ♀ ☿ ❤ ❥ ❦ ❧ ™ ® © ✗ ✘ ⊗ ♒ ▢ ▲ △ ▼ ▽ ◆ ◇ ○ ◎ ● ◯ Δ◕ ◔ ʊ ϟ ღ 回 ₪ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✖ ☢ ☣ ☤ ☥ ☦ ☧ ☨ ☩ ☪ ☫ ☬ ☭✖✗✘♒♬✄ ✂✆✉✦✧♱ ❤ †♰♂♀☿❤❥ ❦❧ ♡♦ ♢♔♕♚♛★ ☆✮ ✯☄☾☽ ☼☀☁☂☃☻ ☺☹ ☮۞۩ ☎☏¢ ☚☛☜☝☞☟✍ ⌘
Currency:
¢€£¥
Circled numbers and alphabet:
➀➁➂ ➃➄➅ ➆➇➈ ➉
➊➋➌➍ ➎➏➐➑➒➓
ⒶⒷⒸⒹⒺⒻ ⒼⒽ ⒾⒿⓀ ⓁⓂⓃ ⓄⓅⓆ ⓇⓈⓉⓊⓋ ⓌⓍⓎⓏ
ⓐⓑⓒⓓⓔⓕⓖⓗ ⓘⓙⓚⓛⓜⓝ ⓞⓟⓠⓡⓢⓣ ⓤⓥⓦⓧⓨⓩ
e.g. Ⓑⓞⓞⓚ Ⓒⓞⓤⓣⓤⓡⓔ
Chess
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
♔ ♕ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♙
Hands
☚ ☛ ☜ ☝ ☞ ☟
Cross
☩ ☨ ☦ ✙ ✚ ✛ ✜ ✝ ✞ ✠
Snow/Star
✦ ★ ☆ ✰ ✮ ✯ ❇ ❈ ❅ ❄ ❆ ╰☆╮
Flowers
❃ ❀ ✿ ❁ ✾
Music
♪ ♫ ♩ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯
Weather (sun, rain, snow)
☼ ☀ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☄ ☾ ☽ ❄
Religion
☯ ✡ ☨ ✞ ✝ ☮ ☥ ☦ ☧ ☩ ☪ ☫ ☬ ☭ ✌ 卐
Gender, love
♋ ♂ ♀ ☿ ❤ ❥ 웃 유 ♡
Messaging/Writing
✉ ✍ ✎ ✏ ✐✑✒ ⌨
Zodiac signs
♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓
Blocks
▀ ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ ▉ ▊ ▋ ▌ ▍ ▎ ▏ ▐ ░ ▒ ▓
Copyright: ™ © ®
Quotes: ❝❞
Text Boxes:
Feel free to experiment with the symbols above to create ascii art that is uniquely you.
▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄
Your text goes here
▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄
●▬▬▬▬๑۩۩๑▬▬▬▬●
Your text goes here
●▬▬▬▬๑۩۩๑▬▬▬▬●
╔════════════════╗
Your text Goes here
╚════════════════╝
*•.¸(*•.¸♥¸.•*)¸.•*´
♥«´¨`•°text goes here°•´¨`»♥
¸.•*(¸.•*´♥`*•.¸)`*•
*´¨)
¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨)
(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Text goes here
ஜ۩۞۩ஜ Your text goes here ஜ۩۞۩ஜ
Falling stars ascii art: (you could replace with symbols from above)
┊ ┊ ┊ ┊
┊ ┊ ┊ ★
┊ ┊ ☆
┊ ★
☆
Tuяn Up Tнe Vσℓυмe♪
: .♬ ♫ılı.——Volume——.ılı.♪ ♫ ♬
: ▄ █ ▄ █ ▄ ▄ █ ▄ █ ▄ █
: Min- – – – – – – – – – -●Max
Faces:
٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(-̮̮̃-̃)۶ ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ ٩(-̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(×̯×)۶ ಠ_ಠ
☻♥☻
/█\/█\
⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠
Hope you enjoy these, and don't be afraid to experiment. Feel free to copy and use these symbols as you wish!
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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ xoxo Tina
Coming up next - Colour changing tools and text generators
2 comments:
okay, so this is totally irrelevant to your post, but... yay! another aussie teen YA book blogger!
looking forward to reading more of your posts :)
Aww, thank you! So true...we are rare.
But you're an Aussie teen author, and highly respected YA book blogger, so I feel honoured that you're here!
Tina
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