How to get GREEK LETTERS
Note: This answer only applies to Matlab version 4.1 or higher
To have greek letters in a Matlab figure title or plot label, you
must set the "FontName" for the current axes to "Symbol". One way to do
this is:
>> set (gca,'FontName','Symbol')
"gca" is the "handle" for the current axes object. Each object has
a number of properities that can be modified. Type "help get" for
more information. Then, from the table below, use the english character
that corresponds to the greek letters you want in the desired Matlab title
or label. For example to label the X axis with the greek letter omega:
>> xlabel ('W')
Remember to set the "FontName" back to the default after adding greek
text. For example
>> set (gca,'FontName','Helvetica')
To add greek text with the gtext command, you first add the text and
get the "handle" for the text object, then change the font. For example:
>> han = gtext('Example String')
>> set (han,'FontName','Symbol')
will put the string "Example String" in the selected location in the
greek font.
Greek Eng Upper Eng Lower
------- --------- ---------
Alpha A a
Beta B b
Gamma G g
Delta D d
Epsilon E e
Zeta Z z
Eta H h
Theta Q q
Iota I i
Kappa K k
Lambda L l
Mu M m
Nu N n
Xi X x
Omicron O o
Pi P p
Rho R r
Sigma S s
Tau T t
Upsilon U u
Phi F f
Chi C c
Psi Y y
Omega W w
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