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:

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:

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