Placing Greek Symbols into Titles

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Paul Bunion

Newbie Joined: Oct 11, 2009 19:17 Messages: 15 Offline

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Jul 31, 2017 16:20

I used the Windows built in utility called Character Map to locate a font that is installed in my computer that has the Greek character for alpha. It looks similar to a letter a but not exactly the same. Normally when I copy something from Character Map and then paste it, it retains the shape that I copied. But when I paste it into a title using Power Director 15, it turns into a generic letter a.

Any ideas how to get an alpha into the title box?

Fayfen

Newbie Joined: Jul 14, 2017 02:30 Messages: 21 Offline

Aug 01, 2017 07:36

What font did you choose?

If you select Symbol you can have a nice alpha 7/64 I5-6600, H170M-ED3 8gb ram.
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Aug 01, 2017 17:07

Hi Paul -

Fayfen's advice is correct. The font you use makes all the difference. Some don't fully support Greek symbols. The two attached fonts are excellent for your purposes - Cardo & New Athena Unicode. Others, like Symbol, work well too.

Here's that Greek alphabet title as a template on DZ.

Another option, aside from using Character Map, is using special Alt codes like these.

Cheers - Tony

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