Different styles of checkmark (✓, ☑) symbol in LaTeX

In LaTeX, there is no default command to get the checkmark symbol. In this tutorial, I will show you different styles of checkmark symbols with different packages.

Thin check mark(✓) symbol

The following table lists all the thin checkmark symbols with the required package, command, and output.

PackageCommandOutput
amssymb\checkmark\checkmark
arev$\ballotcheck$$\ballotcheck$
wasysym\checked\checked
fdsymbol$\checkmark$$\checkmark$
MnSymbol$\checkmark$$\checkmark$
boisik\checkmark\checkmark
utfsym\usym{1F5F8}\usym{1F5F8}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\begin{document}

Checkmark symbol with \texttt{wasysym} package: \checked 

\end{document}

Output:

checkmark symbol.

Heavy check mark(✔) symbol

All the heavy check mark symbols are listed in the table given below.

PackageCommandOutput
bbding\Checkmark\Checkmark
bbding\CheckmarkBold\CheckmarkBold
fontawesome\faCheck\faCheck
stix\checkmark\checkmark
pifont\ding{52}\ding{52}
pifont\ding{51}\ding{51}
utfsym\usym{2705}\usym{2705}
utfsym\usym{2713}\usym{2713}
utfsym\usym{2714}\usym{2714}
dingbat\checkmark\checkmark
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{bbding,fontawesome,pifont}
\begin{document}

Checkmark symbol with \texttt{bbding} package: \CheckmarkBold

Checkmark symbol with \texttt{fontawesome} package: \faCheck

Checkmark symbol with \texttt{pifont} package: \ding{52}

\end{document}

Output:

Heavy check mark symbol.

Checkbox or Boxed check mark(☑) symbol

Multiple packages provide different commands to get different styles of checkbox symbols in LaTeX. I listed all of these.

PackageCommandOutput
wasysym\CheckedBox\CheckedBox
marvosym\Checkedbox\Checkedbox
utfsym\usym{2611}\usym{2611}
fontawesome\faCheckSquare\faCheckSquare
fontawesome\faCheckCircleO\faCheckCircleO
fontawesome\faCheckCircle\faCheckCircle
fontawesome\faCheckSquareO\faCheckSquareO
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{wasysym,fontawesome,utfsym}
\begin{document}

Boxed check mark symbol with \texttt{wasysym} package: \CheckedBox

Boxed check mark symbol with \texttt{fontawesome} package: \faCheckSquare

Boxed check mark symbol with \texttt{utfsym} package: \usym{2611}

\end{document}

Output:

Boxed check mark symbol.

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