How can I type special characters?

Question

I want to type special characters such as □ and ■. The problem is, these aren't on my keyboard. What do I do to type them?

It is understood to press Ctrl + Shift + U, but isn't done to press 25a1 after. I used my left hand to press Ctrl + Shift and right hand to press U. I can't proceed further.

In your recent edit, you seem to be saying that since both hands are used to press Ctrl, Shift, and U at the same time, you do not have a free hand available to enter the Unicode hex value. Fortunately, that's not how this text entry method works. Instead, you press Ctrl+Shift+U, then *release all those keys*, then enter the hex code, then press enter. (On the other hand, if that is not what you mean and this does not help, I recommend editing further to clarify the problem. Thanks!) — Eliah Kagan, Apr 02 '15 at 02:56
Got stressed. What I need is a rest with tourism. Thanks anyway. — Ohmygirl, Apr 03 '15 at 05:39

Oli · Answer 1 · 2015-03-31T08:31:19.953

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You need the unicode hex values for these as they aren't part of the standard Compose Key lineup. To work out what the keys were, I copied and pasted the characters off your question and stuck them in this converter. There are many others like it. It gave me the following:

U+25A1 : WHITE SQUARE
U+25A0 : BLACK SQUARE

To enter these, you follow the standard Unicode entry sequence:

Control + Shift + U, unicode hex (in lower case), Return

□
■

edited Mar 31 '15 at 08:31

answered Mar 31 '15 at 08:17

Oli

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Alternatively, you can lookup the characters in the GNOME character map tool. It's in the `gucharmap` package. – Jeremy Kerr Mar 31 '15 at 08:22
You? Showing up in the low quality queue??? ;-) That can only be another test... – Fabby Apr 18 '15 at 23:51

How can I type special characters?

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