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How do you type modifier key symbols in Photoshop?

Explorer ,
Mar 21, 2018 Mar 21, 2018

I'm interested in being able to type the modifier key symbols in Photoshop, such as: ⌘ ⇧ ⌥ ⌃

How to do?

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Community Expert , Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

You could use the Glyphs panel in photoshop.

Window>Glyphs

Then try a font like Lucida Grande.

Click on your document to create a type layer, then double click on the symbols in the Glyphs panel to insert the characters in your type.

Glyphs panel in Photoshop

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Community Expert ,
Mar 21, 2018 Mar 21, 2018

Windows or Mac?

Windows Alt codes.  That is you hold down the Alt key and type 0151 which gives you the em dash —

0176 degrees symbol °

etc

Symbol Codes | ALT Codes for Windows

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Explorer ,
Mar 21, 2018 Mar 21, 2018

Sorry, I should have said, I'm on a Mac. El Capitan and High Sierra. Latest PS CC.

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Community Expert ,
Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

You could use the Glyphs panel in photoshop.

Window>Glyphs

Then try a font like Lucida Grande.

Click on your document to create a type layer, then double click on the symbols in the Glyphs panel to insert the characters in your type.

Glyphs panel in Photoshop

symb.png

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Explorer ,
Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

That'll work, thank you!

I'm curious though, I had actually looked in the glyphs panel, but didn't see those symbols in the 3 or so fonts I tried. How did you know which font -- did you just get lucky, or is there a rhyme or reason as to what symbols one will find under a given font?

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LEGEND ,
Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

Most fonts won’t have these symbols. You just need to know.

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Community Expert ,
Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

I'm pretty sure i read that somewhere when researching how to use the Mac Character Viewer with photoshop and it was suggested that the Lucida Grande font was a good one to use. That was before photoshop had a Glyphs panel.

How to type accents, emoji, and symbols on your Mac - Apple Support

Symbol Codes | Character Viewer in Macintosh

One thing about using the Character Viewer with photoshop is one has to match the font and symbol like explained here:

Inserting a Mac command symbol into a document

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 23, 2021 Aug 23, 2021
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Oh my god, thank you thank you thank you for this information. It was driving me crazy!

 

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Community Expert ,
Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

https://forums.adobe.com/people/way+phat  wrote

Sorry, I should have said, I'm on a Mac. El Capitan and High Sierra. Latest PS CC.

Thank you

Symbol Codes | Macintosh Accent Codes

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Explorer ,
Mar 22, 2018 Mar 22, 2018

While interesting, I could not find those particular symbols on that page or it's associated links. Could you point me to them?

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