Keyboard Shortcuts to Type Jesus Cross Symbols ☦ ☨ ♰ ✝ ✞ ✟ ♱ ☩

Did you ever want to insert a Jesus Cross symbol (✝) in your document or in chat conversation? You can easily do that with the help of keyboard shortcuts in Windows and Mac. This Jesus Cross is called Latin Cross in Unicode and is available as part of the emoji symbols. So, you can also try the emoji keyboard to insert the symbol if keyboard shortcuts are not working.

Summary – Shortcuts for Jesus Cross Symbols

In addition to Jesus Cross, there are few other symbols available that look like Jesus Cross. Here, we have collected totally eight symbols that look like Jesus Cross and provided alt code keyboard shortcuts in the below table.

Jesus Cross	Name	Alt Code	Alt X Code
☦	Orthodox Cross	Alt + 9766	2626 Alt + X
☨	Cross Of Lorraine	Alt + 9768	2628 Alt + X
☩	Cross Of Jerusalem	Alt + 9769	2629 Alt + X
♰	West Syriac Cross	Alt + 9840	2670 Alt + X
♱	East Syriac Cross	Alt + 9841	2671 Alt + X
✝	Latin Cross	Alt + 10013	271D Alt + X
✞	Shadowed White Latin Cross	Alt + 10014	271E Alt + X
✟	Outlined Latin Cross	Alt + 10015	271F Alt + X

Type Jesus Cross in Windows

Windows documents support both alt code and alt + x code shortcuts.

• Hold one of the alt keys and type the decimal code from the above table using number pad. For example, alt + 9841 will make East Syriac Cross symbol like ♱.
• If you do not have a keyboard with separate number pad, then type the hexadecimal code given in the last column of the above table and then press alt and x keys. For example, 2626 Alt + X will make Orthodox Cross symbol like ☦. However, this method will work only on Microsoft Word documents and not in other apps.

Type Jesus Cross in Mac

You can use the option key along with the hexadecimal code provided in the last column of the above table to insert the symbols in macOS documents. For example, Option + 271F will make Outlined Latin Cross symbol like ✟.

Using Emoji Keyboard in Windows and Mac

Latin Cross and Orthodox cross are part of religious emoji symbols in Unicode. As mentioned, if keyboard shortcuts are not working, you can try the emoji keyboard available in Windows and Mac. This is useful to insert the symbols in applications like Excel where keyboard shortcuts will not work.

On Windows:

• Press “Win + Dot” keys to open the emoji keyboard.
• Type “cross” in the search box to filter Latin Cross and Orthodox Cross emoji symbols.
• Click on the cross symbol to insert in your document.
• As you can see, Latin Cross looks like a line drawing while Orthodox Cross looks like colorful emoji on Word document.

On Mac:

• Press “Command + Control + Space” keys or go to “Edit > Emoji & Symbols” menu to open Character Viewer app.
• Type “cross” in the search box and you will find all Jesus Cross symbols.
• Double click on any symbol to insert it in your document.
• As you can see, Mac has all the Cross symbols with variations and the appearance is also different on same Word app.

Font Variations

Most of the Jesus Cross symbols are line diagrams and hence you can decorate them like any other text content in your document. You can increase/decrease the font size, apply colors and text effects to match the style of the symbols with other text content.

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