Easily insert various different symbols in a post on Medium, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and any web
Maybe you want to insert some symbols, such as stars, hearts, currencies, flowers, arrows, and many more, in your posts. I spent a long time to find handy tool because I need to write some mathematic symbols in a line in my posts. This tool is an extension is Chrome, and I did not check if it works for other browsers. If you like using other browser, you can check it, and maybe you can find a similar tool for your browser after reading this post.
Let’s see some examples first.
Different Stars, such as: ☆ ✦ ⁂ ⭐ ???? ????
Different Hears like: ❤️️ ???? ???? ???? ????
Different Flowers like: ???? ???? ???? ????
Different Arrows like: ↔ → ↕ ↗ ↝
Different Check marks like: ✓ ✘ ☑
Different Musics symbols like: ♪ ???? ????
Different math symbols: ∰ ∉ ≜
1. Installation
Open the Chrome browser and search “Chrome web store”, or click this link to the store directly. On the store web, search ‘text symbols’.
![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*0flEnua8uPxDY8IppI-KaA.png)
Then choose Text Symbols extension, which I am using. Then just click Add to Chrome
.
![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*LjBryyKaLoWiZZbuHK3tXg.png)
The click Add extension
in the pop window.
![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*stztjzATfcgaJSoBJbacwg.png)
2. How to use it
Now you can use it. Put the cursor on the place you want to add a symbol. Then Just click extension icon and click the installed Text Symbols.
![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*aabXIpVtvhMzupYJYU4NcQ.png)
Next, choose the symbol you like and click it, it will be copied. Click the right button to paste it to the place where you want to insert.
![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*2qXBD5mlj4FBpZddmT721A.gif)
You can click More … Symbols at the bottom of this tool windows to find more symbols on its web.
Enjoy!