# \[ANN\] Glyphy.jl

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-glyphy-jl/121953>\
**Category:** Package Announcements\
**Tags:** unicode\
**Created:** [October 29, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-glyphy-jl/121953 "2024-10-29T16:35:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-glyphy-jl/121953/1 "2024-10-29T16:35:20Z")

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This package looks up Unicode glyph names, it might be useful to some.

 ![Screenshot 2024-10-29 at 16.26.39](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/4/9487ed5a695d574861609ea1d32d8a47a96a4fff.png)

I updated Glyphy.jl to 1.5, so it now includes the (silly) additions in Unicode 16.

 ![Screenshot 2024-10-29 at 16.28.22](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/3/1/31ef2d9cc3e57206ce2fbdaa00fa8332163cfe24.png)

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**Author:** ![tecosaur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tecosaur/32/23206_2.png) [@tecosaur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tecosaur)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-glyphy-jl/121953/2 "2024-10-30T05:48:22Z")

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Oh this is fun! The only thing I feel would make that prettier is a sprinkling of colour 😛

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**Author:** ![Marcell\_Havlik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/marcell_havlik/32/37424_2.png) [@Marcell\_Havlik](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Marcell_Havlik)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-glyphy-jl/121953/3 "2024-11-04T13:36:58Z")

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I always wanted something like this! 😃  
I used emojifinder some time.

Also what database does it use or how does it find similarities?

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-glyphy-jl/121953/4 "2024-11-04T14:58:06Z")

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It uses the list provided by Unicode [here](http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/).

If an obvious regular expression is input then the search will be for that regular expression in the glyph names.

Of course, if you don’t know what things are called, you’ll not be able to find them. 😀(I think [shapecatcher.com](http://shapecatcher.com) would be useful then. )

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**Author:** ![sefffal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sefffal/32/23640_2.png) [@sefffal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sefffal)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-glyphy-jl/121953/5 "2024-11-06T16:28:02Z")

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This is really handy, thanks!

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**Author:** ![jbytecode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jbytecode/32/17719_2.png) [@jbytecode](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jbytecode)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-glyphy-jl/121953/6 "2024-11-06T17:25:09Z")

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beautiful! thank you!

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-glyphy-jl/121953/7 "2026-01-21T16:08:56Z")

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[glyphy.jl](https://github.com/cormullion/Glyphy.jl) is now at version 1.8, updated for Unicode version 17.

 ![Screenshot 2026-01-21 at 15.01.46](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/4/a/4a6cc25d1736da84e4f1580e797cf3341c3cb16f.png)

(although there weren’t many useful additions to Unicode 17, unless you’re a fan of asteroids or Shatranj chess…)

Since the original announcement here, the option to output data to an array was added in v1.7:

 ![Screenshot 2026-01-21 at 15.59.05](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/a/1/a15c86710126325ab937235c351f130c7ec14056.png)