Display checkmark string in figure

I'm trying to use the text() function to display a checkmark in a figure. I can't seem to figure it out. I've basically tried:

text(x,y,'✓')

It doesn't display anything using this command. Help!

Answer 1

[José-Luis]

First set your system to display UTF-8 encoded characters:

 feature('DefaultCharacterSet','UTF-8');

Then plot it (look for UTF-8 characters for other types of check marks):

 uicontrol('Style','text', 'String',char(hex2dec('2713')), ...
    'Units','normalized', 'Position',[0 0 1 1], ...
    'FontSize',30)

I don't know if it is possible to do with text()

[Justin Solomon]

Thanks, doesn't seem to work with text() but I got it to work with uicontrol().

Answer 2

[Thorsten]

try a different text

text(x, y, 'ok')

and make sure that x and y are within the bounds of your figure

[Justin Solomon]

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried this and my x,y are within the bounds. It just doesn't like the ✓ character it seems. I think I may just use * instead and avoid the trouble.

[Bilal qureshi]

its not working and how to make Cross like 'X' ??