Description: You need to find a specific Unicode character? With Shapecatcher.com you can search through a database of characters by simply drawing your character into a box. It can find the most similar character shapes for your drawing.
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This is a tool to help you find Unicode characters. Finding a specific character whose name you don't know is cumbersome. On shapecatcher.com, all you need to know is the shape of the character!
Draw your character as best you can in the "drawbox". You can do this by clicking and holding the left mouse button and moving around. You can switch to a fill and erase tool aswell (new!). Draw as many strokes as you need to, then click "Recognize" to start the recognition. If you want to clear the canvas and the results click on "Clear".
It might simply not be in the database yet. For the time being, I only use glyphs from free Unicode fonts to avoid licensing problems. The algorithms behind the character recognition could handle many more characters, so I hope to extend the database in the near future. See the Unicode list if you want to know which Unicode blocks are currently supported.