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Re: st: RE: graph text box: special character
From
Friedrich Huebler <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: RE: graph text box: special character
Date
Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:47:47 -0400
Nick,
Did you read my message? I showed you a solution via do-file.
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2013-09/msg00394.html
Friedrich
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Nick Bornschein
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> I thought it would be possible to solve the problem via do-File because I
> need to create more than one graph und it would take some time if I would
> change all "X"-bar symbols manually.
>
> Best
> -Nick
>
>
> Am 09.09.13 18:50, schrieb Joe Canner:
>>
>> Nick,
>>
>> Try using "X" (capital x) and then switching the font in the graph window
>> (Edit->Preferences) to a Symbol font.
>>
>> On my Windows installation of Stata, the default font is Arial and the
>> Arial Symbol font has X-bar instead of X.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Joe Canner
>> Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Bornschein
>> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 7:35 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: st: graph text box: special character
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to put a text box inside a Stata graph containing the symbol "x
>> with the line above" for mean into the box. After some tests I figured out
>> how to put some special characters and greek symbols in the box as in this
>> example:
>>
>> twoway (line miles id, sort), text(16 5 "{&chi}{sup:2}: `m_cal_min' ")
>>
>> but I couldn't find the symbol for mean.
>> Hope somebody can help me.
>>
>> Best
>> -Nick
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