Text Symbols and Special Characters Reference

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

Symbols can be inserted in text using one of the following methods:

• In the In-Place Text Editor while editing or placing mtext, right-click and select Symbol.
• On the contextual Text Editor ribbon tab, which displays while editing or placing mtext, click Symbol.
• On the contextual Text Editor ribbon tab, click Symbol > Other to display the Character Map. Copy and paste from the Character Map.
• Enter the control code or Unicode string.
  Note: Precede the Unicode string with a backslash ( \ ).

Unicode strings and control codes
Name	Control Codes	Unicode Strings
Degree (°)	%%d	U+00B0
Plus/Minus Tolerance (±)	%%p	U+00B1
Diameter ()	%%c	U+2205

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.