How can I insert non-ASCII characters?

[gallon]

Dear all,

I have been learning Adobe Illustrator 10 for the past three weeks. I am using this program to draft technical figures, mostly figures for engineers, so I need to use non-ASCII characters such as Lambda, Epsilon, Alpha, etc.. I would like to know if is there a keystroke in illustrator to these kinds of symbols?. I already tried to insert them from the Character Map, but it does not work.

I will appreciate your help.

CB

 

[jimoblak]

Instead of 'inserting' from Character Map, note the key combination (ex: 'alt-0174') and enter this directly in Illustrator.

If this does not work, you may have a font problem where the extended characters are not available. Try another font.

 

[blueark]

The charactors you mention aren't really standard in most typefaces, so you may need to use something like Symbol for these special cases.

 

[gallon]

Hi there,

Thank you guys, I appreciate your suggestions.

CB