: How to key in a prime in Adobe illustrator? How do you key in a prime or double primes in Adobe illustrator in a textbox? I am using Wins7 system.

@Fox8063795

Regardless of any operating system, Illustrator is equipped with a "Glyphs" panel. With the textbox in edit mode, open the glyphs panel, locate the appropriate prime mark you require (double prime is usually at the beginning of the list, and prime is located after the letters) and double click on it. I use this method on a daily basis.

I just hoped that Adobe would have followed the same method as that used in InDesign – it has a shortcut.

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@Chiappetta793

In Windows 7, as Paul suggested, use the Character Map to insert special characters into documents and text fields.


Open the Start Menu
Type Character Map and hit return.
Select the appropriate typeface in the Character Map application.
Find the special character you want
Click Select and then Copy
Paste in your field or document.

windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/using-special-characters-character-map-faq#1TC=windows-7


In OSX, with a valid text input field selected, you can launch the character viewer by pressing Control + Command+ Space bar or by selecting Emoji & Symbols from the Edit menu.

With that dialog opened, a search for Prime will display single, double, triple and quadruple prime symbols that you can click to insert.
support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201586

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