All text output in W.Theiss Hard- and Software programs is done using the Times New Roman true type font that comes with Windows. For scientific publications the use of sub- and superscripts and greek symbols is possible. To achieve this the text to display is specified as a string containing control characters which must be chosen according to the following rules:

•an input of this is a _sub_script leads to the output this is a subscript

•an input of this is a ^super^script leads to the output this is a superscript

•ut as an input of switch to symbol font |abc| to obtain greek characters leads to the output switch to symbol font αβχ to obtain greek characters