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Anonymous
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Text based arrow recommendations

I'm doing a visual that is going to display some arrows as a quick guide. Ideally i'd love to dynamically change the font colour on the arrows but that doesn't appear to be an option, so instead i'll go with ASCII/UNICODE arrows.  First ones i've tried are a little hard to see, so i figured i ask what arrows are your favourites?


Here is my example:

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These are Unicodes: 8657, 8663, 8660, 8664, 8659

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@Anonymous,

 

How about Cambria Math symbols? It looks like

↑→↓↗↙

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Regards,

Charlie Liao

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Anonymous
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Here is that version for the curious.

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There are a few tricks where you can create a DAX forumula that returns a TrueType font Arrow up or down, but no colour.  You could look at this  https://app.powerbi.com/visuals/show/PBI_CV_7B952816_A48F_49B4_9E13_15E3BB2C0337 



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
Anonymous
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Thanks Matt.  Your link came up as broken.  In the meantime i'll have a look into the TrueType font arrows.

@Anonymous,

 

How about Cambria Math symbols? It looks like

↑→↓↗↙

Untitled.png 

 

Regards,

Charlie Liao

Anonymous
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Here is that version for the curious.

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Anonymous
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@v-caliao-msft They look great.  What DAX expressions would i use for those?

EDIT:  Oh they are copy/paste available.  Thats easy.

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