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Love
| <3 |
Direction |
Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut |
No
|
| Rank |
★ ★ ★ Common |
| Updated |
January 31, 2009 |
| Description: Represents a heart. Sometimes used at the end of a message to say "Love, [person's name]," i.e. "<3, Britney." |
| (>^.^)> <3 <(^.^<) |
Direction |
Horizontal — Multiple Lines
(tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut |
No
|
| Rank |
★ ★ ☆ Average |
| Updated |
January 31, 2009 |
| Description: Shows two people attracted to each other by love. (Should be displayed on one line.) |
| ~♥~ |
Direction |
Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut |
No
|
| Rank |
★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon |
| Updated |
April 28, 2010 |
| Description: The heart symbol can be entered on a Windows computer by holding Alt and pressing the 3 key on the numeric keypad. Mac users can press Command-Option-T to load the Character Palette, then select the heart from the "Miscellaneous Symbols" section, then press the Insert button. The tildes (~) next to the heart represent strings. |
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