Symbol Properties Dialog
The Symbol Properties dialog can be used to insert symbols from any font into a text block in the Text Editor or change the symbol for selected objects in the text template.
Symbol properties can be changed for selected objects in the plot window. You can set default symbol properties by clicking the File | Options command. In the Options dialog, scroll down to the Symbol Properties section to access these defaults. Changes made in the Options dialog affect all subsequent documents. Custom symbols can be created using a third party TrueType font editing software.
Specify a Symbol Set and Symbol
in the Symbol Properties dialog.
Symbol Set
The Symbol Set displays all the fonts installed on the computer. Click on the symbol set name and then you can choose a new font from the list.
Symbol
Click on the displayed symbol to choose a Symbol from the symbol palette. The number of the selected symbol is indicated in the title bar above the palette and adjacent to the symbol in the Property Manager. Add 32 if you are using font sets or TrueType symbols, such as GSI Default Symbols.
The symbol index is the symbol or glyph number as it appears in the title bar above the palette and adjacent to the symbol in the Property Manager. This is the 0-based offset of the symbol within the symbol set. You can use the Window's Character Map utility to determine the ASCII code for font symbols.