Where is the CMD-key glyph?

scootshep · September 13, 2021, 10:28pm

I looked in the character window (shift-cmd-space) on my Mac and the emoji menu on iOS. Can’t find it but I see people inserting it in posts here.

evanfuchs · September 13, 2021, 10:34pm

Have it set with Text Expander. I also have one for HYPER which gives me these on the fly ⌃⌥⇧⌘

karlnyhus · September 13, 2021, 10:36pm

Initially I set up Keyboard Maestro shortcuts for each special character made by copying and pasting existing instances of the character into each KN macro. Now that I have the Alfred app, I get ⌘ and other characters out of Alfred’s “Mac symbols” snippet set.

anon41602260 · September 13, 2021, 11:00pm

The command key and other symbols are found in the Technical Symbols font. Available in Font Book and the Character Viewer utilities.

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rob · September 14, 2021, 2:46pm

I also use the Mac Keys Alfred Snippet pack.

anon41602260 · September 14, 2021, 3:07pm

Just for general edification, the “looped square” ⌘ symbol in the Unicode world is called the “place of interest sign”, among other things, and has a deep background in Nordic symbology. The symbol was chosen by Susan Kare, who was involved in icon design for the early Macs.

ybbond · September 14, 2021, 4:35pm

I use “Text Replacement” feature on iOS. Which also syncs to macOS, but I use Keyboard Maestro there