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Character Writer Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About Character Writer

Character Writer is an elegant text editor and the best way to work with special characters on the iPad.

Character Writer's custom keyboard offers you easy access to over 500 special characters while you type.

Designed with style and function in mind, Character Writer is the perfect productivity tool for anyone who writes anything on their iPad.

Features Include:

• Easy Access to hundreds of special Characters:
- Full upper and lower case Greek alphabet
- Math Symbols
- Digits -> Fractions, superscript and subscript numbers
- Pictographs
- Letter like symbols & many more

• Document Sync
- iCloud support

• Advanced Writing Technologies:
- Dark theme (perfect for nighttime writing)
- Automatic theme switching
- Word Count
- Integrated keyboard arrow keys for precision cursor placement
- Adjustable font size

• A Full Range of Export Options:
- Copy Text
- Print
- Email as Text
- Email as Attachment
- Tweet
- Post to Facebook
- Open In...

The all new Character Writer has been a long time in development. It was originally born out of the frustration normally produced by attempting to compose technical reports on the iPad, which previously required special characters to be copied and pasted individually from a webpage.

What's New in the Latest Version 2.5.1

Last updated on Feb 7, 2024

Old Versions

+ Bug fixes

Version History

2.5.1

Feb 7, 2024

+ Bug fixes

2.5

Feb 2, 2020

Long overdue update that brings support for iOS 13 and the latest devices

2.1

Sep 3, 2014

- Improved iOS 7/iOS 8 support
- Tweaked icon
- Added caps lock functionality (activated via shift double tap)
- Status bar now hides on iPhone when in landscape orientation
- Fix for uppercase greek letters being entered as lowercase
- Improved sync handling
- Updated to latest Dropbox syncing API
- Bug fixes

2.0.2

Oct 3, 2013

• Bug Fixes
• iOS 7 compatibility

2.0.1

Apr 24, 2013

• Bug Fixes

2.0

Apr 11, 2013

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