– Alright, question for ya. Have you ever found yourself scrambling To dig up some random, off-the-beaten-path Kind of character on your
computer or maybe your phone? (clock ticking) Maybe it's an arrow you're after Or a bullet point like dot,
maybe it's the copyright symbol Or that perky little trademark sign. Well, those are technically
all called Unicode And usually to get to the more
unusual Unicode characters, You gotta have a keyboard
with a number pad on it And then remember some
funky kind of key sequence, Like say holding down the alt key And hitting the numbers
0153 on your number pad. That's the way to get the trademark symbol To show up in Windows. Not exactly intuitive, right? If you wanna summon any of
those symbols on a phone, Yeah, good luck with that. There is a better way though. Today I wanna introduce you To a super simple online app That'll help you find any
special symbol you need, On your phone, your computer, Any device with a browser on it, really, And all it'll take is one quick swipe Of your favorite sticky finger. The site's called Shapecatcher And it couldn't be much easier to use. Just pull the thing up in
whatever browser you like. Take that fantastic phalange of yours And scribble out a
sketch of whatever shape It is you wanna summon. Can also use a mouse, of course,
If you're doing this on a computer. No matter how crude your drawing may be, Believe you me, mine are pretty rough, The site will figure out
what you're aiming for And show you a list of matching options. It'll even work for emojis If you've got some specific
sort of smiley face You're just dying to find
and once you've got it, All that's left is to
highlight and copy the thing And then paste it wherever you want. Nice little time saver, right? It's completely free to use too. So all you've gotta do is remember And hey, if you've got a special type Of tip you'd like to see us tackle next, Just let us know in the comments below And for even more time saving sorcery, Make your way over to fastcompany.com. (light music)
