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Martin

Greek letters
Posted: May 10, 2007 7:42 AM

Hi,
I was wondering if there is a way to use greek alphabet in Autocad.
thanks,
M

Mason

Re: Greek letters
Posted: May 10, 2007 1:18 PM

in response to: Martin

Document-(2).pdf (463.8 KB)

Some Greek characters can be obtained using the holding down the ALT key
and typing in a 4 figure code (see attached PDF file) on the NUMBER KEY PAD

Also try doing a search with Google

"Martin" wrote in message
news:5581184@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi,
I was wondering if there is a way to use greek alphabet in Autocad.
thanks,
M

teiarch

Posts: 4,414
Registered: 03/01/04

Re: Greek letters
Posted: May 10, 2007 2:58 PM

in response to: Mason

Mason: I don't know where you obtained the PDF you attached but some of the characters are NOT at the addresses recommended by UNICODE. As such, if custom characters are assigned these addresses, Autocad 06 thru 08 Mtext editor may display something different that what your were expecting.

F.Y.I: UNICODE assigns the Greek alphabet to addresses hexadecimal 0391 thru 03C9 which are well above using the ALT+DDDD sequence. Depending the the font you're using, if defined at the proper addresses, you can type \u+HHHH where HHHH is the hexadecimal address.

Mason

Re: Greek letters
Posted: May 10, 2007 10:16 PM

in response to: teiarch

If you look the font type is STANDARD as in STANDARD.TTF

That means you need to CHANGE your AutoCAD default font to STANDARD.TTF

Works for me has done for the past 25 years.

I did also say try using a Google search as well.

wrote in message news:5581598@discussion.autodesk.com...
Mason: I don't know where you obtained the PDF you attached but some of the
characters are NOT at the addresses recommended by UNICODE. As such, if
custom characters are assigned these addresses, Autocad 06 thru 08 Mtext
editor may display something different that what your were expecting.

F.Y.I: UNICODE assigns the Greek alphabet to addresses hexadecimal 0391
thru 03C9 which are well above using the ALT+DDDD sequence. Depending the
the font you're using, if defined at the proper addresses, you can type
\u+HHHH where HHHH is the hexadecimal address.

teiarch

Posts: 4,414
Registered: 03/01/04

Re: Greek letters
Posted: May 11, 2007 4:06 PM

in response to: Mason

Read my post again, especially the part about UNICODE addresses. The fact that you've been using the same font for 25 years is irrelevant. Perhaps you need to investigate and see if there's an updated version with UNICODE addresses in it.

mlouis

Posts: 15
Registered: 12/22/08

Re: Greek letters
Posted: Oct 30, 2009 4:34 AM

in response to: teiarch

For Unicodes \ text symbols and special characters, I recommend going to one of the following websites:

http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2010/ENU/AutoCAD%202010%20User%20Documentation/index.html?url=WS1a9193826455f5ffa23ce210c4a30acaf-49bb.htm,topicNumber=d0e276314

http://cadecorner.blogspot.com/2006/07/using-unicode.html

Dilip Damle

Re: Greek letters
Posted: May 10, 2007 2:22 PM

in response to: Martin

On Thu, 10 May 2007 13:12:34 +0530, Martin wrote:

Use the fonts "Greekc" and "Greeks"

Hi,
I was wondering if there is a way to use greek alphabet in Autocad.
thanks,
M

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