You can use Unicode characters, control codes, and special characters in a text string to represent symbols. (All nontext characters must be entered as their ASCII equivalent.)
You can create special characters by entering the following Unicode character strings:
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Unicode character descriptions |
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Unicode character |
Description |
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\U+00B0 |
Degree symbol |
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\U+00B1 |
Plus/minus tolerance symbol |
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\U+2205 |
Diameter dimensioning symbol |
In addition to using Unicode characters for special characters, you can specify a special character by including control information in the text string. Use a pair of percent signs (%%) to introduce each control sequence. For example, the following control code works with standard AutoCAD text and PostScript fonts to draw character number nnn:
%%nnn
These control codes work with standard AutoCAD text fonts only:
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Control code descriptions |
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Control code |
Description |
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%%o |
Toggles overscore mode on and off |
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%%u |
Toggles underscore mode on and off |
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%%d |
Draws degree symbol |
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%%p |
Draws plus and minus tolerance symbol |
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%%c |
Draws diameter dimensioning symbol |
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%%% |
Draws single percent sign |