# How can I show bridge suit symbols in WORD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 12, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812 "2009-09-12T12:29:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/1 "2009-09-12T12:29:08Z")
I’m teaching some friends bridge and give them handouts after each lesson. (I’m using Microsoft WORD.) I’d like to add some ‘class’ by using the standard suit symbols. **Where can I get symbols for spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs?** Is there a font that does this? Can I copy them from somewhere? Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/2 "2009-09-12T12:41:30Z")
The Character Map shows them as being unicodes 2660, 2663, 2665 and 2666. It’s in the start menu: start -\> (all programs -\>) accesories -\> system tools -\> character map I think you only need the “all programs” depending on your start menu’s settings. You can go waaaaay back down until you see those symbols. Click on a symbol to see its number. If you’re not at 2660 yet, go further down; if you’re higher and haven’t seen the ones you want, go back up. Once you find them, click on one, click select, click the next one, select… when you have all four, click copy. Now you can paste them onto your document, and later use copypaste from where you first pasted them. If, like me, you have problems clicking on the second one because of the way the map highlights things by popping them up, just click on something else in between. ♠♣❤♦ Depending on your version of windows, you should also be able to set shortcuts for them. I think one of the Wingdings has them more easily, but I find this copypaste approach, as long as it is to explain, simpler than switching back and forth between two fonts. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/3 "2009-09-12T12:43:53Z")
Alt codes are the easiest. (In Windows…if you’re using mac, I’m not sure how to do it.) Basically, hold the alt key, while typing the number associated with the symbol you want, and viola. There’s a list [here](http://knopok.net/symbol-codes/alt-codes). If, for some reason, that doesn’t work, you can copy/paste from character map (in the Start menu, under accessories-\>system tools). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/4 "2009-09-12T12:46:15Z")
My keyboard doesn’t like alt codes ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/5 "2009-09-12T12:49:17Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > My keyboard doesn’t like alt codes ☹ Since they have been used you can just copy and paste them in from this thread to your document. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/6 "2009-09-12T12:50:11Z")
Fantastic! Two excellent options … and within 12-14 \* minutes. 🆒 Thank you! 😃 \*I could open a weak no-trump in that range… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/7 "2009-09-12T12:51:44Z")
> **[Hoyle Playing Cards Font | dafont.com](https://www.dafont.com/hoyle-playing-cards.font)** > > Hoyle Playing Cards Font | dafont.com [http://conexion.deviantart.com/art/Hoyle-Playing-Cards-Font-9671680](http://conexion.deviantart.com/art/Hoyle-Playing-Cards-Font-9671680) The other person may need to install the fonts also, but normally word is set to include used fonts in the document. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/8 "2009-09-12T13:14:22Z")
In word you can also use “insert symbol”. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/9 "2009-09-12T13:17:30Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Since they have been used you can just copy and paste them in from this thread to your document. It wasn’t me who needed to use them, I’m the one who pasted them into the thread. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/10 "2009-09-12T13:29:07Z")
♠♣❤♦ I like my hearts and diamonds red. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/11 "2009-09-12T13:30:42Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > My keyboard doesn’t like alt codes ☹ Just a mention that alt codes requires the use of the number pad while holding alt and not the number keys on the top row. For instance, alt-1234 on the numpad gets me this: ╥ (and I have no idea what that is) while alt-1234 on the keyboard yields nothing. Mac tends to have a lot of symbols built in that are easily accessed across the system using the option key, including ones that would require an alt-code in Windows. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/12 "2009-09-12T14:04:19Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Just a mention that alt codes requires the use of the number pad while holding alt and not the number keys on the top row. Oops…yes, I should have mentioned this part. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/13 "2009-09-12T17:34:00Z")
> [@](#): > > For instance, alt-1234 on the numpad gets me this: ╥ (and I have no idea what that is) It’s exactly what it looks like: A single horizontal line with a double vertical line branching out below it. There are a lot of characters like that, for use in screen graphics (drawing outlines of boxes and tables and the like). ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-show-bridge-suit-symbols-in-word/509812/14 "2009-09-12T19:27:15Z")
How does one go the other direction? For example if one has ♦, how does one find the unicode number associated with it?