- Qucs -
Quite Universal Circuit Simulator

List of Special Characters

It is possible to use special characters in the text painting and in the text of the diagram axis labels. This is done by using LaTeX tags. The following table contains a list of currently available characters.

Note: Which of those characters are correctly displayed depends on the font used by Qucs!

Small Greek letters
LaTeX tagUnicodeDescription
\alpha0x03B1alpha
\beta0x03B2beta
\gamma0x03B3gamma
\delta0x03B4delta
\epsilon0x03B5epsilon
\zeta0x03B6zeta
\eta0x03B7eta
\theta0x03B8theta
\iota0x03B9iota
\kappa0x03BAkappa
\lambda0x03BBlambda
\mu0x03BCmu
\textmu0x00B5mu
\nu0x03BDnu
\xi0x03BExi
\pi0x03C0pi
\varpi0x03D6pi
\rho0x03C1rho
\varrho0x03F1rho
\sigma0x03C3sigma
\tau0x03C4tau
\upsilon0x03C5upsilon
\phi0x03C6phi
\chi0x03C7chi
\psi0x03C8psi
\omega0x03C9omega

Capital Greek letters
LaTeX tagUnicodeDescription
\Gamma0x0393Gamma
\Delta0x0394Delta
\Theta0x0398Theta
\Lambda0x039BLambda
\Xi0x039EXi
\Pi0x03A0Pi
\Sigma0x03A3Sigma
\Upsilon0x03A5Upsilon
\Phi0x03A6Phi
\Psi0x03A8Psi
\Omega0x03A9Omega

Mathematical symbols
LaTeX tagUnicodeDescription
\cdot0x00B7multiplication dot (centered dot)
\times0x00D7multiplication cross
\pm0x00B1plus minus sign
\mp0x2213minus plus sign
\partial0x2202partial differentiation symbol
\nabla0x2207nabla operator
\infty0x221Einfinity symbol
\int0x222Bintegral symbol
\approx0x2248approximation symbol (waved equal sign)
\neq0x2260not equal sign
\in0x220A"contained in" symbol
\leq0x2264less-equal sign
\geq0x2265greater-equal sign
\sim0x223C(central european) proportional sign
\propto0x221D(american) proportional sign
\diameter0x00F8diameter sign (also sign for average)
\onehalf0x00BDone half
\onequarter0x00BCone quarter
\twosuperior0x00B2square (power of two)
\threesuperior0x00B3power of three
\ohm0x03A9unit for resistance (capital Greek omega)


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