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# What are the supported characters for SMS?

The message **encoding** determines the [**character limit**](https://kb.apifon.com/what-is-the-character-limit-for-a-viber-message?hsLang=en) and the **type** of characters supported.

- **Default alphabet 7-bit** supports the following **single characters**:

| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; \< = \> ? ¡ ¿ ! " # ¤ % & ( ) ' \* + , - . / Ä Ö Ñ Ü § ä ö ñ ü à @ £ $ ¥ è é ù ì ò Ç Ø ø Å å Δ \_ Φ Γ Λ Ω Π Ψ Σ Θ Ξ Æ æ ß É |
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In addition, the following **double characters** are supported: 

| € \[ \] { } ~ ^ \| \\ |
| --- |

- **Unicode 16-bit** supports all 7-bit characters, plus other special characters such as Katakana, Cyrillic, Greek lowercase and emojis 💬.

Avoid copying text from other programs into the platform, to ensure your SMS format is not modified.

Now you know what are the supported characters for SMS!

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