Are unicode symbols supported in QGIS labels?

Question

I want to use unicode symbols in a QGIS label - is this supported? I.e. I have this expression for labelling a line:

case when xat(-1) - xat(0) > 0 then
  'GF ->' 
else
  '<- GF'
end

and want to replace the '->' and '<-' with the unicode characters representing left and right arrows.

Is there a way I can achieve this?

Sorin Călinică · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-18 20:36:56Z

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You can use Unicode in your expressions for any label. Just copy and paste your Unicode character, in any way you like, in your code:

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And here's the result:

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answered Mar 18, 2014 at 20:36

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christoph · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-19 13:43:22Z

With QGIS 3.x we can use unicode symbols (aka Emojis) everywhere:

If we want to show colorful emojis in map canvas - like in the example above - we have to switch label rendering to always text:

Unfortunately, we loose all colors in map composer and when printing/exporting:

But it's definitely a nice way to display symbols in feature labels.

To use the emojis in QGIS, we can copy the symbols directly from the Browser column (see link above). No need to enter any hex codes 😁👍.

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