A utility software that quickly lets you access all kinds of special characters

PopChar X for Mac

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Download PopChar X 8.0

PopChar X 8.0

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  • Latest Version

    PopChar X 10.0

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.6 or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Ergonis / External Link

  • Filename

    PopCharX80-Install.dmg

  • MD5 Checksum

    046537c9040ff8a689eae39efa221da2

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system. Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of PopChar X 8.0.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of PopChar X for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

Custom Layouts: It is now possible to create custom groupings and arrangements for characters
New “Recent Characters” section is now always available at the top of the character table, right below the favorite characters
Predefined layout that arranges emojis by their meaning
It is now possible to link fonts with preferred layouts that work best for these fonts
Cleaned-up layouts: The legacy layouts ASCII and MacRoman as well as the Recent Characters layout have been removed, as they are no longer needed
PopChar now finds and displays ligatures that are available in fonts
The “Show x in the Unicode Context” context menu command is now also available for characters in the Favorites group, the new Recent group and in other layouts
New view “All Unicode Characters” shows all characters that are defined in the Unicode standard - with placeholders for those that do not have a representation in any installed font
PopChar's About window now shows the number of installed fonts and font families
- New export format for favorite characters with support for font-specific favorites and ligatures
- Extended list of “zero-width joiner” Emoji sequences, including person roles, male/female variants, and the rainbow flag
- Updated list of Emoji characters with skin tones
- PopChar now supports skin tone variants of “zero-width joiner” Emoji sequences
- Support for Emoji Presentation Sequences for selecting the text or emoji form of characters that can have both presentations
- Improved fine-tuning for 20 fonts, mostly for improving the display of combining characters
- PopChar can now insert emojis with skin tones as formatted text and HTML codes
- Support for Emoji key symbol sequences created with “combining enclosing keycap”
- When selecting “Show x in the Unicode Context”, the selected character briefly blinks, so it's easier to find among the other characters
- Improved handling of font-specific characters in the Private Use Areas
- Improves the representation of combining characters in the “Character Description”
- Combining characters are now displayed in centered positions within table cells, without overlapping adjacent characters
- The “Show x in the Unicode Context” context menu command now always shows the selected character in the standard “Unicode Blocks” layout
- Combining characters no longer overlap with previous text in the context menu
- Smoother fading animation when opening and closing the PopChar window
- Improved alignment and space usage for Apple Color Emoji
- More consistent arrangement of control items in the window header
- Fixes a problem that resulted in unexpected matches when certain undefined Unicode numbers were entered in the search field
- Fixes a problem that prevented removal of certain characters from the Favorites group
- Works around a problem where the previously used layout was not restored when quitting and relaunching PopChar
- Fixes a cosmetic issue with missing or duplicate separator lines in the context menu
- Works around a rare crash when checking for a newer version
- Fixes a cosmetic alignment issue with characters that need to be drawn in a slightly smaller size
- Fixes a vertical alignment issues of certain fonts within the PopChar table
- Works around an issue that caused unexpected font substitution when unavailable characters were redrawn in the PopChar window
- Fixes an error in the handling of Unicode surrogate pairs
- Fixes a problem where certain wide characters were not correctly drawn on the baseline
- Correct capitalization of the language name in the font collection menu
- Works around a bug in the character set implementation of macOS
- Fixes a problem with a confusing version alert when there was a problem with the network connection

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