Make a Heart on Twitter

When you Tweet, express love for your friends and their Tweets by using the ♥ symbol. You can insert an Emoji heart from your mobile device, create heart emoticons out of text, or copy and paste a variety of different hearts from across the Internet. If you’re using Windows, there’s even a keyboard shortcut! Learn how to add some ♥ to your tweets on any platform.

Steps

Using Copy and Paste

  1. Find a heart. Many websites have lists of different heart emoticons that you can copy and paste into your tweet. Visit a site like http://heartsymbol.love or look through other peoples’ tweets to locate the perfect heart for your own.[1]
    • You can also use any of these text-based hearts! ♡ ♥ ♡❣ ღ ❥
  2. Highlight the heart you want to copy. Click (or tap if you’re on a mobile device) and drag your mouse cursor over the heart you wish to copy.
  3. Copy the highlighted heart. Press Ctrl+C (⌘ Cmd+C on a Mac). You could also right-click the area and then click “Copy”.
    • If you’re on a mobile device, long-press the highlighted area, then select “Copy”.
  4. Type your tweet, then click (or tap) where you’d like to include your heart.
  5. Press Ctrl+V (Windows) or ⌘ Cmd+V (Mac) to paste the heart. Now you’re ready to send love into the Twittersphere!
    • Mobile: To paste, long-press, then select “Paste”.

Using the Keyboard

  1. Use the Emoji keyboard on your smartphone or tablet. If you’re on an Android or iOS device, you can use the Emoji symbols built into your phone’s touch keyboard. Tap the round smiley-face on the keyboard, then scroll to the right until you locate the heart.
  2. Press Alt+3 if you’re using Windows.[2] On some laptops, you’ll need to press NumLK before this will work.
  3. Type <3 to create a simple text heart emoticon. This will work on any platform. One of the most common ways to make a heart is by typing <3. Similar to the famous : ) emoticon, the <3 looks like a heart when flipped on its side.
    • If you want to express heartbreak instead of love, type </3 to make a broken heart.[3]
  4. Give your <3 emoticon some extra flair. Add some style to your <3 by including other symbols, such as (*~<3~*. You could also try <333 if you're really feeling the love!
  5. Spell it out. If you have characters to spare, just type it: "I {heart} this!" While it takes up more space, it has its own style that may work better in some cases.
    • You can, of course, use all of these ideas in one tweet! Your followers will ♥ ♡♥ ♡♥ that!

Using TwitterKeys on your Computer

  1. Visit the TwitterKeys website in your web browser. TwitterKeys is a free bookmarklet that makes it simple to add hearts and other symbols to your tweets when you don’t have Emoji.[4] A bookmarklet is basically just a link to a website, so you don’t have to install anything.
  2. Scroll down to where it says “Drag this link to your browser bookmarks toolbar.”[4]
  3. Click and drag the “TwitterKeys” link to the bookmark toolbar. For most users, the bookmark toolbar is located just beneath the address bar.
  4. Compose a new tweet on Twitter. Type anything else you’d like to include in your tweet.
  5. Click the “TwitterKeys” bookmark in your bookmarks toolbar. This will launch a small window with several symbols, including a heart. Click the tabs at the top of the screen to browse through the selection.
  6. Double-click the heart of your choice, then press Ctrl+C (Windows) or ⌘ Cmd+C (Mac). This will copy the symbol.
  7. Press Ctrl+v (Windows) or ⌘ Cmd+V (Mac) to paste the heart into your tweet. Your tweet now contains a little extra ♥.

Using Emoji on iOS

  1. Open Settings. If you’re on an iPhone or iPad, you’ll need to enable Emoji before you can make colorful Emoji hearts on Twitter.[5] Begin by launching the Settings control panel.
  2. Tap “General”.
  3. Tap “Keyboard”.
  4. Tap “Keyboards”.
  5. Tap "Add New Keyboard". This will open a screen that will let you choose additional keyboard layouts for your iOS device.
  6. Tap "Emoji". This will add a keyboard with a wide variety of colorful (and sometimes practical) icons.
  7. Launch Twitter and start a new Tweet. Type any additional text you want to appear in your tweet.
  8. Tap and hold the globe symbol to the left of the spacebar on the keyboard. A menu will pop up with the keyboards you have loaded. Select "Emoji."
  9. Tap the "!?#" button. Swipe to the left until you come to the next-to-the-last screen, where you'll find a red heart. Tap that to insert it into your Tweet.
    • Note that on some browsers, the red heart will appear as a black heart.

Tips

  • If you like the copy-and-paste method (the most reliable across all platforms), create a small text file on your desktop with your favorite characters so that they're always just a click or two away.

Warnings

  • Not all methods may work or display correctly on all browsers.

Related Articles

Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://heartsymbol.love/faq
  2. ↑ http://pc.net/helpcenter/answers/how_to_type_a_heart_symbol
  3. ↑ http://pc.net/emoticons/
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/16/twitterkeys-enhance-your-twitter-conversations
  5. ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202332
Retrieved from "https://kipkis.com/index.php?title=Make_a_Heart_on_Twitter&oldid=292785"