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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ visit the {gmt-docs}`GMT Technical Reference <reference.html>`.
 common_parameters.md
 projections.md
 fonts.md
+text_formatting.md
 patterns.md
 encodings.md
 environment_variables.md
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+# Text Formatting
+
+The table below shows how text added to a plot as well as the title of the plot and
+labels of colorbars, Cartesian axes, and legend entries can be formatted. Changing
+the font as well as its color and size in this way allows to change those only for
+specific characters of a longer text. The supported fonts are listed at
+[](/techref/fonts.md).
+
+| Symbol | Behavior |
+| --- | --- |
+| @%*font*%*TEXT*@%%  | Change the *font* of *TEXT* |
+| @;*color*;*TEXT*@;; | Change the font *color* of *TEXT* |
+| @:*size*:*TEXT*@::  | Change the font *size* of *TEXT* |
+| @-*TEXT*@-          | Toggle subscripts on/off |
+| @+*TEXT*@+          | Toggle superscript on/off |
+| @#*TEXT*@#          | Toggle small caps on/off |
+| @\_*TEXT*@\_        | Toggle underline on/off |
+| @!*CHAR1CHAR2*      | Print two characters on top of each other (composite characters, e.g., overstrike) |
+| @\~*TEXT*@\~        | Toggle Greek letters on/off |
+| @@                  | Print the @ sign |
+| @.                  | Print the degree symbol |