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Using Symbols in Subject Lines

Recently, you might have seen some interesting symbols appearing in your inbox. Unicode Symbols have started to make an appearance in subject lines and Digital marketers are using them to their benefit to get noticed in a sea of text based subject lines. We tested the symbols below in different email clients on both PC and Mobile.

If you would like to use any of the symbols below, you can copy and paste them into your subject line inside CONNECT.
If you are looking for other symbols, click here for a great search engine that will find symbols based on words.

 

Symbol Description Unicode Outlook (2003+)  Thunderbird  iMail 4  Webmail *  iPhone (iOS 5)  Android 2.2  Android 4.0  Blackberry (OS 7.1) 
â™  Spade U+2660 Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
♣ Clover U+2663 Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
♦ Diamond U+2666 Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
♥ Heart U+2665 Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
? Male Symbol U+2642 Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
? Female Symbol U+2640 Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
¤ Sun U+263C Works Works Works Works Works Doesn''t Work Works Works
? Black Smiley U+263B Works Works Works Works Works Doesn''t Work Doesn''t Work Works
? White Smiley U+263A Works Works Works Works Works Doesn''t Work Works Works
â—Š Lozenge U+25CA Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
? Left Arrow U+25C4 Works Works Doesn't Work Works Works Doesn't Work Doesn't Work Works
? Down Arrow U+25BC Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
? Right Arrow U+25BA Works Works Works Works Works Doesn''t Work Works Works
? Up Arrow U+25B2 Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
? Single Music Note U+266A Works Works Works Works Works Doesn''t Work Works Works
? Double Music Note U+266B Works Works Works Works Works Works Doesn''t Work Works
? Sharp  U+266F Works Works Works Works Works Doesn''t Work Works Works
? Clear Bullet U+25CB Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
? Black Bullet U+25CF Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
® Registered Symbol U+00AE Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
â„¢ Trademark Symbol U+2122 Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
© Copyright Symbol U+00A9 Works Works Works Works Works Works Works Works
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