https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139269#M3426 <P>Hi Jorgen,</P><P>I didn´t first get where the square appeared. But I also get a square when the label is drawn. To use the symbol in the description works but not as a label. Hopefully someone sort this out.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="DanielNilssonSWE_0-1643699512936.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32805i46891F54D1FF6D03/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="DanielNilssonSWE_0-1643699512936.png" alt="DanielNilssonSWE_0-1643699512936.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:12:05 GMT DanielNilssonSWE 2022-02-01T07:12:05Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1138938#M3417 <P>Dear community,</P><P>In Arcmap I am trying to write the special character "include in range" (looks like this&nbsp; ∈ )&nbsp; in the label text but only a white square appears..&nbsp; (I have tried to use the html code &amp;isin;&nbsp; but I might use a wrong syntax.&nbsp;</P><P>how do I do?&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JrgenRasmussen_0-1643642518487.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32716iD07EFD5FD231FCF4/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JrgenRasmussen_0-1643642518487.png" alt="JrgenRasmussen_0-1643642518487.png" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JrgenRasmussen_1-1643642698590.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32718iE79A819E78C9060D/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JrgenRasmussen_1-1643642698590.png" alt="JrgenRasmussen_1-1643642698590.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:29:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1138938#M3417 Jørgen 2022-01-31T15:29:23Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1138945#M3418 <P>Will this help?&nbsp;<A href="https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000004733" target="_blank">https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000004733</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:45:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1138945#M3418 DanielNilssonSWE 2022-01-31T15:45:44Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1138954#M3420 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>The following symbol has worked for me.</P><P>∈</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JayantaPoddar_0-1643644362747.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32720iF3517E98F774F632/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JayantaPoddar_0-1643644362747.png" alt="JayantaPoddar_0-1643644362747.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:53:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1138954#M3420 JayantaPoddar 2022-01-31T15:53:43Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139269#M3426 <P>Hi Jorgen,</P><P>I didn´t first get where the square appeared. But I also get a square when the label is drawn. To use the symbol in the description works but not as a label. Hopefully someone sort this out.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="DanielNilssonSWE_0-1643699512936.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32805i46891F54D1FF6D03/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="DanielNilssonSWE_0-1643699512936.png" alt="DanielNilssonSWE_0-1643699512936.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:12:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139269#M3426 DanielNilssonSWE 2022-02-01T07:12:05Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139272#M3427 <P>Dear Daniel.</P><P>Thank you for your reply. This does not work for me as it is not the marker symbol in the map which is the problem. It is the text from the symbol properties which is not correctly "transferred" to the legend...</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Jrgen_0-1643699811044.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32806i7BEBA8E4D239F256/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Jrgen_0-1643699811044.png" alt="Jrgen_0-1643699811044.png" /></span></P><P>but thank you for the try</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:20:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139272#M3427 Jørgen 2022-02-01T07:20:55Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139274#M3428 <P>weird.. it does not work for me in the layout view... it looks fine in the ToC (as for you), but not in the layout view it-self where the&nbsp;∈ - symbol is shown as a square&nbsp; (placeholder?)...</P><P>Which arcmap version do you use?</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Jrgen_1-1643700128611.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32807i03C1C7DB7E37309A/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Jrgen_1-1643700128611.png" alt="Jrgen_1-1643700128611.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:29:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139274#M3428 Jørgen 2022-02-01T07:29:40Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139276#M3429 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Jrgen_2-1643700715874.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32808iA6B8027965522DE6/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Jrgen_2-1643700715874.png" alt="Jrgen_2-1643700715874.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:32:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139276#M3429 Jørgen 2022-02-01T07:32:13Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139277#M3430 <P>thanks for trying <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> ... I hope as well somebody has a solution... not that it is the biggest problem of the world... just annoying to spend (waste) time on such a small issue ... which might "just" be a bug in arcgis... <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:57:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139277#M3430 Jørgen 2022-02-01T07:57:31Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139281#M3431 <P>Got you. I didn't realize the issue was with the legend element.</P><P>Double-click the legend to open the Legend Properties.</P><P>Under the Legend Properties &gt; Items, change the required font to <STRONG>Lucida Sans Unicode</STRONG>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JayantaPoddar_1-1643703024529.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32810iC2FD677F44EB4ED2/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JayantaPoddar_1-1643703024529.png" alt="JayantaPoddar_1-1643703024529.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Once done, you could see the desired symbol in the legend.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="JayantaPoddar_0-1643703496115.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32811i3D91759C5805C691/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="JayantaPoddar_0-1643703496115.png" alt="JayantaPoddar_0-1643703496115.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 08:18:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139281#M3431 JayantaPoddar 2022-02-01T08:18:25Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139283#M3432 <P>Fantastic... it worked <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> have a nice day <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 08:18:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139283#M3432 Jørgen 2022-02-01T08:18:55Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139294#M3433 <P><SPAN>changed the font to&nbsp;</SPAN><STRONG>Lucida Sans Unicode </STRONG>used&nbsp;for the labeling solved the "square" issue as well.</P> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:08:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/special-character-in-symbol-label-amp-isin/m-p/1139294#M3433 DanielNilssonSWE 2022-02-01T09:08:28Z