Apple Logo Symbol — U+F8FF
Copy the keyboard Apple-logo character when your destination supports it, and understand why the same code point can render as a logo on one system and a blank or different private-use glyph on another.
Code point: U+F8FF
If you see a box, blank space or unexpected glyph above, your current font/platform is not rendering this private-use code point as Apple's keyboard logo.
What U+F8FF actually is
Unicode reserves U+E000 through U+F8FF as the Basic Multilingual Plane's Private Use Area. Unicode assigns code points in that range for private agreements but does not assign them universal character meanings. U+F8FF is therefore not a standard Unicode character named “Apple logo,” and it is not an emoji.
Apple's current Shortcuts for Mac documentation refers to the keyboard Apple logo and identifies Option-Shift-K as the keyboard shortcut. That is an Apple-platform convention layered onto a private-use code point, which is why copying the character does not guarantee portable rendering elsewhere.
Compatibility at a glance
| Situation | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Mac input | Apple documents Option-Shift-K for the keyboard Apple logo. |
| Copy/paste | The code point can be copied as text, but the destination font/app decides whether a familiar logo glyph appears. |
| Non-Apple fonts/devices | It may appear blank, as a missing-glyph box, or as another private-use interpretation. |
| Search/accessibility | Do not use the glyph as the only way to communicate essential wording; it has no universal Unicode semantic name as an Apple logo. |
Trademark and source notes
Apple's documentation states that commercial use of the keyboard Apple logo without prior written consent may raise trademark and unfair-competition issues. This page is an independent text-compatibility reference and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple.
Primary sources checked September 23, 2026: