Entering special symbols in AutoCAD

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Entering special symbols in AutoCAD: Enter %%142 to represent square meters. Enter %%179, or %%178. In AUTOCAD, a font such as hztxt can be defined; for SHX Fonts, use wcad.shx, and for Big Fonts use hxtxt.shx. Check the Use Big Font checkbox – and that’s it! With this font, it’s easy to enter various punctuation marks, special symbols, Greek letters, mathematical symbols, etc., in AUTOCAD. Moreover, the height of Chinese characters and Western text printed using this font is the same. (Applicable to single-line text) The input methods are detailed in the table below: Input Code Special Symbol Explanation Input Code Special Symbol Explanation %%0~32 Null character %%123 { Left curly brace %%33 ! %%124 | %%34 “ Double quotes %%125 } Right curly brace %%35 # %%126 ~ %%36 $ %%127 0 degrees %%37 % %%128 ± %%38 & %%129 φ %%39 ’ Single quote %%130 α %%40 ( Left parenthesis %%131 β %%41 ) Right parenthesis %%132 δ %%42 * Multiplication sign %%133 i %%43 + Plus sign %%134~137 Null character %%44 , Comma %%138 0 (superscript) m%%138=m0 %%45 - Minus sign %%139 1 (superscript) m%%139=m1 %%46 . Period %%140 2 (superscript) m%%140=m2 %%47 / Division sign %%141 3 (superscript) m%%141=m3 %%48~57 0~9 Larger font, connected dots in between, connected dots in between, connected dots in between %%58: Colon %%148 9 (superscript) m%%148=m9 %%59 ； Semicolon %%149~157 1~9 Font size is small %%60 < Less than sign %%158~162 Empty sign %%61 = Equal sign %%163 △ %%62 > Greater than sign %%164 ▽ %%63 ? Question mark %%165~200, Empty symbol %%64, @ %%65~90, 26 uppercase letters from A~Z, %%c, φ, %%91. Degree %%92 \ Backslash %%p ± Plus/minus sign %%93 ] %%u _ Underline %%94 ^ %%o ── Upper underline %%95 _ %%96 ‘ Single quote %%97~122 a~z 26 lowercase letters