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How do I insert the ∝ symbol and other special characters in illustrator text?
I tried and this is what I get instead of the ∝:
I searched here about special characters, but is there a way to just paste characters copied from browser rather than going through the glyphs list. After all I don't even know if that symbol exists in the list.
How do I achieve this?
If you're seeing this character ☒, most likely the typeface you are using does not have that glyph in its character set, or has it assigned to a different unicode number. In which case you need to use a different typeface that actually has the ∝ character or look at the glyphs panel.
Otherwise yes, assuming a typeface has a particular character and mapped appropriately, just copy pasting a glyph from a browser into AI should work.
Illustrator is not a text editing program and so lacks advanced features. However, the 'Glyphs Panel' is very useful in finding and inserting characters not available directly via the keyboard.
