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Text Symbols and Special Characters Reference

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You can include special characters and symbols by entering a control code or a Unicode string.

With the In-Place Text Editor, you can right-click and click Symbol on the shortcut menu.

Note Symbols are not supported in vertical text.

Unicode strings and control codes

Control Codes

Unicode Strings

Result

%%d

U+00B0

Degree symbol (°)

%%p

U+00B1

Tolerance symbol (±)

%%c

U+2205

Diameter symbol ()

To insert the following text symbols, click Symbol on the expanded Text Formatting toolbar or enter the appropriate Unicode string:

Text symbols and Unicode strings

Name

Symbol

Unicode String

Almost equal

  

U+2248

Angle

  

U+2220

Boundary line

  

U+E100

Centerline

  

U+2104

Delta

  

U+0394

Electrical phase

  

U+0278

Flow line

  

U+E101

Identity

  

U+2261

Initial length

  

U+E200

Monument line

  

U+E102

Not equal

  

U+2260

Ohm

  

U+2126

Omega

  

U+03A9

Plate/property line

  

U+214A

Subscript 2

  

U+2082

Squared

  

U+00B2

Cubed

  

U+00B3

These text symbols are available in the following True Type (TTF) and SHX fonts:

  • Simplex*
  • Romans*
  • gdt*
  • amgdt*
  • Isocp
  • Isocp2
  • Isocp3
  • Isoct
  • Isoct2
  • Isoct3
  • Isocpeur (TTF only)*
  • Isocpeur italic (TTF only)
  • Isocteur (TTF only)
  • Isocteur italic (TTF only)

* These fonts also include the Initial Length symbol used for arc length dimensions.

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