Photoshop Special Characters

[SmoothDime]

Hi,

I have a text field in Photoshop and need to put a Checkmark in it. How do I type a checkmark symbol??

thanks,
SD

[.soulty]

well you can access symbols through windows, by going to start/allprograms/accessories/system tools/character map and find the special character there...

http://www.compukiss.com/populartopics/moneyworkhtm/article751.htm

or you can use the shape tool and select custom, where there is a check mark created.. another option is to create your own.

[GW02]

Is this something that's going to be published or just something you're doing? I don't think there's a checkmark symbol, but they square root symbol works fine as a checkmark.

[DDD]

use the pen tool and make a check mark is an option as well.

[λ]

Come on, you gotta love me: ✓

Just copy and paste :P

[Revee]

Come on, you gotta love me: ✓

Just copy and paste :P

actually it doesn't always display properly depending on what encoding you have for your browser. For instance, I can't see it :p

There're special fonts that have different typeset symbols. But if you're publishing this on a site it's safer to not use special characters.

[wvomsaal]

Using Microsoft Vista and Photoshop CS2, the following procedure works for me.

Go to All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map
Select desired font, select desired character, click Select box at bottom, click Copy box at bottom.

Return to Photoshop text box, insert cursor to desired location in text box, click on Window > Character to get the Character Palette, select the same font you used to get the character, select Paste (Ctrl+V).

Caution: if you do not use the Character Palette to select the same font you used to choose the special character, you will get incorrect results. For example, choose an arrow character in Wingdings and paste it into a Photoshop Text Box, and if you have your font set to Times New Roman it will come out all wrong. Then use the Character Palette to change fonts from Wingdings to Wingdings2 to Wingdings3, and you will see how it changes.

This procedure works but is ridiculously cumbersome. Is there an easier way to do this within Photoshop?

[jimhere]

For Mac people, option-v is the checkmark character.
Or, click your country flag in the menu bar (upper right) to show the Character Palette and insert it from there.