Some special characters that can be used in a rotated Y axis The special characters will only appear properly in MS-Word filename outfile "c:/tmp/delete.cgm"; goptions reset= all rotate = landscape ftext = hwcgm001 device = cgmof97l gunit = pct htext = 2 gsfname = outfile gsfmode = replace hsize = 9.25 in vsize = 6 in; run; axis1 label=(angle=90 rotate=0 "Sales² (g/dL)" ); Proc gplot Data=sashelp.prdsal2(obs=100); plot predict*actual/ vaxis=axis1; run; quit; filename outfile clear;run; /* you should be able to use any of these in a rotated Y axis */ %Let Lele=%Str(«); %Let Degr=%Str(°); %Let PlMi=%Str(±); %Let Sup1=%Str(¹); %Let Sup2=%Str(²); %Let Sup3=%Str(³); %Let Mico=%Str(µ); %Let Quar=%Str(¼); %Let Half=%Str(½); %Let Qua3=%Str(¾);