When drawing text into the Picture window or into the TextGridEditor, you can use backslash trigraphs to display various kinds of special symbols. You can usually also type the characters themselves, if your computer has an input method for them.
European symbols
To get the symbol "â" (a-circumflex), you can type \a^, i.e., a sequence of backslash + a + circumflex (this is three characters in total, hence the term trigraph). In this way, you can get a hundred non-ASCII symbols that are used in the alphabets of many European languages:
- • â \a^ê\e^î\i^ô\o^û\u^Â\A^Ê\E^Î\I^Ô\O^Û\U^
- • à \a\e\i\o\u\A\E\I\O\U- • ä \a"ë\e"ï\i"ö\o"ü\u"Ä\A"Ë\E"Ï\I"Ö\O"Ü\U"ÿ\y"Ÿ\Y"
- • á \a'é\e'í\i'ó\o'ú\u'Á\A'É\E'Í\I'Ó\O'Ú\U'ý\y'Ý\Y'
- • ć \c'ń\n'ś\s'ź\z'Ć\C'Ń\N'Ś\S'Ź\Z'
- • ő \o:ű\u:Ő\O:Ű\U:
- • ã \a~ñ\n~õ\o~Ã\A~Ñ\N~Õ\O~
- • č \c<ď\d<ě\e<ǧ\g<ň\n<ř\r<š\s<ť\t<ž\z<
- • Č \C<Ď\D<Ě\E<Ǧ\G<Ň\N<Ř\R<Š\S<Ť\T<Ž\Z<
- • đ \d-Đ\D-
- • å \aoů\uoÅ\AoŮ\Uo
- • ą \a;ę\e;Ą\A;Ę\E;
- • ç \c,ş\s,ţ\t,Ç\C,Ş\S,Ţ\T,
- • æ \aeø\o/Æ\AeØ\O/
- • ł \l/ß\ssþ\thż\z!Ł\L/Þ\ThŻ\Z!
- • ¡ \!d¿\?d
- • € \eueuro,   £\Lppound sterling,   ¥\Y=yen,   ƒ\fdflorin,   ¢\c/cent
- • § \SSsection,   ¶\||pilcrow (paragraph)
- • © \cocopyright,   ®\reregistered,   ™\tmtrademark
- • ª \a_feminine ordinal,   º\o_masculine ordinal
- • « \<<left-pointing guillemet,   »\>>right-pointing guillemet
Mathematical symbols
- • · \.cmiddle dot,   ×\xxmultiplication,   ÷\:-division,   ∕\/ddivision slash
- • ° \dgdegree,   ′\'pprime (minute),   ″\"pdouble prime (second)
- • − \-mminus,   –\--en-dash,   ±\+-plus-minus
- • ≤ \<_less than or equal to,   ≥\>_greater than or equal to,   ≠\=/not equal to
- • ¬ \nological not,   ∧\anlogical and,   ∨\orlogical or
- • ∀ \Atfor all,   ∃\Erthere exists,   ∴\.3therefore
- • ∝ \ocproportional to,   ≡\=3defined as (or congruent modulo),   ≈\~~approximately equal to
- • √ \Vrsquare root
- • ← \<-,   →\->,   ↔\<>
- • ⇐ \<=,   ⇒\=>,   ⇔\eq
- • ↑ \^|,   ≅\=~congruent to,   ↓\_|
- • ↗ \NE,   ↘\SE,   ↙\SW,   ↖\NW
- • ∞ \ooinfinity,   ⊥\Ttup tack (perpendicular to)
- • ∅ \O|empty set,   ∩\niintersection, ∪\uuunion,   ⊂\c=subset of,   ∈\e=element of
- • ∂ \ddpartial differential
- • ⊗ \oxcircled times,   ⊕\o+circled plus
- • ∑ \susummation,   ∫\inintegral
Greek letters
To get ευρηκα, you type \ep\up\ro\et\ka\al.
Hebrew letters
To get an alef, you type \?+. On Windows, you have to install international support to get the left-to-right order correct.
| segol | אֶ \?+\sE | tsere | אֵ \?+\cE |  
 
| qamats | אָ \?+\qA | patah | אַ \?+\pA |  
 
Combinations:
Phonetic symbols
See Phonetic symbols
Miscellaneous
-  \ \bsbackslash,   •\bubullet
-  ♣ \cl(club),   ♦\di(diamond),   ♥\he(heart),   ♠\sp(spade)
-  ☞ \pfpointing finger,   ❀\f5flower-five
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