| Tip 57 | Type Weird Characters Ultra-Quickly |
If you frequently type symbols that are not usually available via the main keyboard, such as Emoji (see Tip 382, Use Full-Color Emoticons), this is a tip for you.
It makes use of the OS X pop-up diacritical characters menu that appears when you press and hold certain keys (see Tip 114, Type Symbols and Diacritical Characters) to create a personalized selection of symbols you can easily select—see Figure 12, Creating a personalized pop-out symbol selection for an example.
The technique involves editing system files, however, and as such will affect all users of the system. As with any tip of this nature, there’s a slight risk of damage to your system, so perform a full-Time Machine backup first, ...
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