Custom Symbols in MText

[Arizona]

I'm in 2006 Map and 2006 LDT

 

I've had a custom RomanS.shx for the past 15 years that has additional symbols in it that are not in the standard one.

For example:

%%150 = Centerline

%%130 = Delta

%%133 = Property Line

%%201 - 210 = Roman Numerals, and more.

 

They work great in old style single line text, but they have never worked in MText. I just get a question mark, until last week. The centerline symbol showed up in a piece of text imported from an outside DWG, but I could not figure out how. I could not see what code was there, it totally stumped me, but it got me thinking. Is it possible?

 

Does anyone know how I can get these characters to show up properly in MText?

 

And not the symbols that are in there via the U+ codes. They look so different than romans that I can not use them.

 

Thanks for any help you can offer,

Jeff

[SLW210]

You need to look up ALT codes for text symbols.

[Arizona]

By "ALT codes", are you refering to these?:

.........not the symbols that are in there via the U+ codes. They look so different than romans that I can not use them............

[ReMark]

SLW210: I thought they were referred to as the ASCII codes?

 

ASCII code: Place the cursor at the desired location; hold the ALT key while typing the numbers (ignore the ?Alt+?). When you release the ALT key the symbol will appear.

 

For anyone interested in using special characters in AutoCAD I refer you to the following from which the above quote was taken.

 

http://newsletters.hagerman.com/newsletters/ebul61-CT.htm

[SLW210]

SLW210: I thought they were referred to as the ASCII codes?

 

ASCII code: Place the cursor at the desired location; hold the ALT key while typing the numbers (ignore the ?Alt+?). When you release the ALT key the symbol will appear.

 

For anyone interested in using special characters in AutoCAD I refer you to the following from which the above quote was taken.

 

http://newsletters.hagerman.com/newsletters/ebul61-CT.htm

 

Depends on where you ask. A search for alt codes gives a better result.

 

ALT CODES

[ReMark]

Code wars? Really? OK...you win. They are ALT codes.

[Arizona]

Well, thats all well and good, but in those ASCII Alt Codes there are no Centerline, Property Line, Monument Line, Roman Numerals, etc. that I can use. They look so bad I can not use them.

 

back to the original question:

Why can't I use %%150 (centerline) in MText?

[ReMark]

Right-click in MTEXT and pick Symbol. You'll have to find a font that has all the specialty characters you need incorporated in their character set.