# Combining symbol character with ISOLatin1 character

**URL:** https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/combining-symbol-character-with-isolatin1-character/820
**Category:** Q&A
**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/combining-symbol-character-with-isolatin1-character/820 "2020-08-28T12:21:42Z")
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### Author: ![tmerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@tmerry](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/tmerry)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/combining-symbol-character-with-isolatin1-character/820/1 "2020-08-28T12:21:42Z")

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In gmt legend, I want to include an “epsilon dot” character (ε with a “time derivative” dot on top). I tried to combine the epsilon symbol (Symbol font @~\145@~) with the raised dot symbol (ISOLatin1 font \227) but it doesn’t seem to work (see image below) - it looks to me like “@!” doesn’t like it when you change fonts between the two characters. Is there any way of achieving an “epsilon dot” in GMT?

gmt legend -Dn1/-0.2+jTR \<\<- EOF  
S 0.1c r 0.3c,0.05c blue 1p,blue 0.4c @!\227@~\145@~  
EOF

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/uploads/gmt/original/1X/87527959d275ab7d398c1b565712f222b3e1349a.png)

Thanks 🙂

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### Author: ![pwessel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/pwessel/32/30_2.png) [@pwessel](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/pwessel)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/combining-symbol-character-with-isolatin1-character/820/2 "2020-08-28T19:38:34Z")

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This was never considered. I have opened an issue on this [[https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt/issues/4108](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt/issues/4108)] and we will have a look. If the symbol font does not have a dot then it is not easy to do a work around other than messy printing the two characters separately and adjust position until it looks OK.

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### Author: ![pwessel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/pwessel/32/30_2.png) [@pwessel](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/u/pwessel)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/combining-symbol-character-with-isolatin1-character/820/3 "2020-08-29T19:43:33Z")

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This has now been implemented in master, see [https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt/pull/4112](https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt/pull/4112). Thanks for highlighting the issue.