How can I insert hbar symbol in graph

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Fri, 03/14/2014 - 04:41 am

Hello,
I want to insert hbar symbol in the axis label of a graph. I can insert Greek letter choosing font to be symbol but that does not include hbar character. Also I have searched in the special character but that also does not include hbar symbol. Please tell me how can I insert hbar symbol in the axis label in the graph.
Thanks in advance.
You can try the following in the graph label...

Text \[0h\X0\S_\M\]0 More text

These unusual text commands are available in the Special menu in the Modify Axis panel.
There may be more elegant ways of achieving the result, but this should be close, at least for me running under Windows.
hth,
Kurt

March 14, 2014 at 06:00 am - Permalink

Another approach is to use a font containing the hbar symbol.

The "MT Extra" font contains the hbar symbol. This font was created by Design Science for their MathType product but it is shipped by Microsoft with many of their products (http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=208) so you may have it. If not you would need to purchase and install it. Or, it appears that you can get it by installing the MathType demo (http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/fonts/). There may be other sources - search for "MT Extra font".

I have "MT Extra" font on my Macintosh. I suspect that I got it through Microsoft Word.

I can create an hbar symbol on an axis on my Macintosh with this command:
Label left "\\Z24\\F'MT Extra'h"

March 14, 2014 at 07:21 am - Permalink

Howard is probably correct. I have an older Windows version of MS Word that includes a stripped down version of MathType in its Equation Editor. The MT Extra font is present, with its nicer, italic version of h-bar.

March 15, 2014 at 05:18 am - Permalink

Some other software also adds the font "MT Extra" as I have the font but don't have MS Word installed.

March 15, 2014 at 05:45 am - Permalink

hrodstein wrote:
Another approach is to use a font containing the hbar symbol.

The "MT Extra" font contains the hbar symbol. This font was created by Design Science for their MathType product but it is shipped by Microsoft with many of their products (http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FMID=208) so you may have it. If not you would need to purchase and install it. Or, it appears that you can get it by installing the MathType demo (http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/fonts/). There may be other sources - search for "MT Extra font".

I have "MT Extra" font on my Macintosh. I suspect that I got it through Microsoft Word.

I can create an hbar symbol on an axis on my Macintosh with this command:
Label left "\\Z24\\F'MT Extra'h"

Thanks hordestein, it works. Fortunately in my system MT Extra font is available, though I am not using ms office or math type.
With Regards
Apurba Paul

March 18, 2014 at 12:42 am - Permalink

KurtB wrote:
You can try the following in the graph label...

Text \[0h\X0\S_\M\]0 More text

These unusual text commands are available in the Special menu in the Modify Axis panel.
There may be more elegant ways of achieving the result, but this should be close, at least for me running under Windows.
hth,
Kurt

Hi Kurt, if I copy your text from above and paste in text it works. But I could not find the hbar symbol in special menu of Modify Axis panel.
With Regards
Apurba Paul

March 18, 2014 at 12:43 am - Permalink

apurbapaul0 wrote:
if I copy your text from above and paste in text it works. But I could not find the hbar symbol in special menu of Modify Axis panel.


The unusual commands in the Special menu that I was referring to are the Store Info "\[0", Recall X-position "\X0", etc. These enabled the underscore character to be superimposed as superscript on top of the h. Not elegant, but just about achieves the result.
Using a font that contains the h-bar symbol is a far better solution.
Regards,
Kurt

March 18, 2014 at 01:04 am - Permalink