# ASCII special characters \[Solved\]

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/ascii-special-characters-solved/43887>\
**Category:** Processing.py\
**Created:** [February 11, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ascii-special-characters-solved/43887 "2024-02-11T20:42:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![salvalnx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/salvalnx/32/19191_2.png) [@salvalnx](https://discourse.processing.org/u/salvalnx)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ascii-special-characters-solved/43887/1 "2024-02-11T20:42:37Z")

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Hello everyone  
I’m trying to make a graph in which I want to include text. I want that text to have the character PI (π) and some of a plot like these: ▒

The problem is that when I run it it does not recognize those characters.  
How can I solve that?

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**Author:** ![salvalnx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/salvalnx/32/19191_2.png) [@salvalnx](https://discourse.processing.org/u/salvalnx)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ascii-special-characters-solved/43887/2 "2024-02-11T20:56:09Z")

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I support myself. I just saw in searches how they solve it this way:

> ascipi = u’π’  
> text (ascipi, 100, 100)

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**Author:** ![GoToLoop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/gotoloop/32/86_2.png) [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ascii-special-characters-solved/43887/3 "2024-02-11T22:28:56Z")

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I wonder if your search ended up here: 🔍

> [@ASCII visualization issue](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ascii-visualization-issue/42041):
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> Hello! I’m trying to draw with some ASCII characters (like ░▒▓) on a Mac with Processing.py but unfortunately when I hit play they are not displaying correctly as you can see from the screenshot here What am I missing? Should I install something on my machine? Thanks! slight_smile

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**Author:** ![salvalnx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/salvalnx/32/19191_2.png) [@salvalnx](https://discourse.processing.org/u/salvalnx)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ascii-special-characters-solved/43887/4 "2024-02-12T08:54:56Z")

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Yes!  
There I found the solution. They explain it quite well. I don’t know if there are other methods but that one worked for me.