: InDesign: how to type a hedera/fleuron symbol? How do you type a hedera/fleuron symbol in InDesign using less effort?

@Becky351

You are right that there are some Unicode characters that will work on Windows with Microsoft programs but not in InDesign. I worked for a company for a while that had a glyph as part of their name, and I used a couple of tricks. Make sure you always use a font that contains that glyph, then assign a keyboard shortcut to insert the glyph. I also set up a custom search and replace to allow me to type the name without the glyph and then run a search/replace that added the glyph in.

In your case, assuming you are using this character to designate the end of a paragraph, or sentence, etc., I would create a paragraph style using GREP styles, that will automatically insert the symbol before a paragraph return (for example) in paragraphs using that style.

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@Shanna688

You use a font which includes one. There is a list of such fonts at the bottom of the page in the link you provided. With a font like this installed, insert the symbol in InDesign using the 'Glyphs' panel.

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