Refactor to improve the user experience with non-ASCII characters

doc/index.md

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 :caption: Reference documentation
 
 api/index.rst
+techref/index.md
 changes.md
 minversions.md
 ```

doc/techref/encodings.md

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+# Supported Encodings and Non-ASCII Characters
+
+GMT supports a number of encodings and each encoding contains a set of ASCII and non-ASCII
+characters. Below are some of the most common encodings and characters that are supported.
+
+In PyGMT, you can use any of these ASCII and non-ASCII characters in arguments and text
+strings. When using non-ASCII characters in PyGMT, the easiest way is to copy and paste
+the character from the tables below.
+
+**Note**: The special character � (REPLACEMENT CHARACTER) is used to indicate that
+the character is not defined in the encoding.
+
+## Adobe ISOLatin1+ Encoding
+
+| octal | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| **\03x** | � | • | … | ™ | — | – | fi | ž |
+| **\04x** |   | ! | " | # | $ | % | & | ’ |
+| **\05x** | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
+| **\06x** | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
+| **\07x** | 8 | 9 | : | &#x003b; | < | = | > | ? |
+| **\10x** | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
+| **\11x** | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
+| **\12x** | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W |
+| **\13x** | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ^ | _ |
+| **\14x** | ‘ | a | b | c | d | e | f | g |
+| **\15x** | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
+| **\16x** | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w |
+| **\17x** | x | y | z | { | | | } | ~ | š |
+| **\20x** | Œ | † | ‡ | Ł | ⁄ | ‹ | Š | › |
+| **\21x** | œ | Ÿ | Ž | ł | ‰ | „ | “ | ” |
+| **\22x** | ı | ` | ´ | ^ | ˜ | ¯ | ˘ | ˙ |
+| **\23x** | ¨ | ‚ | ˚ | ¸ | ' | ˝ | ˛ | ˇ |
+| **\24x** | � | ¡ | ¢ | £ | ¤ | ¥ | ¦ | § |
+| **\25x** | ¨ | © | ª | « | ¬ | ­ | ® | ¯ |
+| **\26x** | ° | ± | ² | ³ | ´ | µ | ¶ | · |
+| **\27x** | ¸ | ¹ | º | » | ¼ | ½ | ¾ | ¿ |
+| **\30x** | À | Á | Â | Ã | Ä | Å | Æ | Ç |
+| **\31x** | È | É | Ê | Ë | Ì | Í | Î | Ï |
+| **\32x** | Ð | Ñ | Ò | Ó | Ô | Õ | Ö | × |
+| **\33x** | Ø | Ù | Ú | Û | Ü | Ý | Þ | ß |
+| **\34x** | à | á | â | ã | ä | å | æ | ç |
+| **\35x** | è | é | ê | ë | ì | í | î | ï |
+| **\36x** | ð | ñ | ò | ó | ô | õ | ö | ÷ |
+| **\37x** | ø | ù | ú | û | ü | ý | þ | ÿ |
+
+## Adobe Symbol Encoding
+
+| octal | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| **\04x** |   | ! | ∀ | # | ∃ | % | & | ∋ |
+| **\05x** | ( | ) | ∗ | + | , | − | . | / |
+| **\06x** | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
+| **\07x** | 8 | 9 | : | &#x003b; | < | = | > | ? |
+| **\10x** | ≅ | Α | Β | Χ | ∆ | Ε | Φ | Γ |
+| **\11x** | Η | Ι | ϑ | Κ | Λ | Μ | Ν | Ο |
+| **\12x** | Π | Θ | Ρ | Σ | Τ | Υ | ς | Ω |
+| **\13x** | Ξ | Ψ | Ζ | [ | ∴ | ] | ⊥ | _ |
+| **\14x** |  | α | β | χ | δ | ε | φ | γ |
+| **\15x** | η | ι | ϕ | κ | λ | μ | ν | ο |
+| **\16x** | π | θ | ρ | σ | τ | υ | ϖ | ω |
+| **\17x** | ξ | ψ | ζ | { | | | } | ∼ | � |
+| **\24x** | € | ϒ | ′ | ≤ | ∕ | ∞ | ƒ | ♣ |
+| **\25x** | ♦ | ♥ | ♠ | ↔ | ← | ↑ | → | ↓ |
+| **\26x** | ° | ± | ″ | ≥ | × | ∝ | ∂ | • |
+| **\27x** | ÷ | ≠ | ≡ | ≈ | … | ⏐ | ⎯ | ↵ |
+| **\30x** | ℵ | ℑ | ℜ | ℘ | ⊗ | ⊕ | ∅ | ∩ |
+| **\31x** | ∪ | ⊃ | ⊇ | ⊄ | ⊂ | ⊆ | ∈ | ∉ |
+| **\32x** | ∠ | ∇ | ® | © | ™ | ∏ | √ | ⋅ |
+| **\33x** | ¬ | ∧ | ∨ | ⇔ | ⇐ | ⇑ | ⇒ | ⇓ |
+| **\34x** | ◊ | 〈 | ® | © | ™ | ∑ | ⎛ | ⎜ |
+| **\35x** | ⎝ | ⎡ | ⎢ | ⎣ | ⎧ | ⎨ | ⎩ | ⎪ |
+| **\36x** | � | 〉 | ∫ | ⌠ | ⎮ | ⌡ | ⎞ | ⎟ |
+| **\37x** | ⎠ | ⎤ | ⎥ | ⎦ | ⎫ | ⎬ | ⎭ | � |
+
+**Note**: The octal code `\140` represents the RADICAL EXTENDER character, which is not available in
+the Unicode character set.
+
+## Adobe ZapfDingbats Encoding
+
+| octal | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| **\04x** |   | ✁ | ✂ | ✃ | ✄ | ☎ | ✆ | ✇ |
+| **\05x** | ✈ | ✉ | ☛ | ☞ | ✌ | ✍ | ✎ | ✏ |
+| **\06x** | ✐ | ✑ | ✒ | ✓ | ✔ | ✕ | ✖ | ✗ |
+| **\07x** | ✘ | ✙ | ✚ | ✛ | ✜ | ✝ | ✞ | ✟ |
+| **\10x** | ✠ | ✡ | ✢ | ✣ | ✤ | ✥ | ✦ | ✧ |
+| **\11x** | ★ | ✩ | ✪ | ✫ | ✬ | ✭ | ✮ | ✯ |
+| **\12x** | ✰ | ✱ | ✲ | ✳ | ✴ | ✵ | ✶ | ✷ |
+| **\13x** | ✸ | ✹ | ✺ | ✻ | ✼ | ✽ | ✾ | ✿ |
+| **\14x** | ❀ | ❁ | ❂ | ❃ | ❄ | ❅ | ❆ | ❇ |
+| **\15x** | ❈ | ❉ | ❊ | ❋ | ● | ❍ | ■ | ❏ |
+| **\16x** | ❐ | ❑ | ❒ | ▲ | ▼ | ◆ | ❖ | ◗ |
+| **\17x** | ❘ | ❙ | ❚ | ❛ | ❜ | ❝ | ❞ | � |
+| **\20x** | ❨ | ❩ | ❪ | ❫ | ❬ | ❭ | ❮ | ❯ |
+| **\21x** | ❰ | ❱ | ❲ | ❳ | ❴ | ❵ | � | � |
+| **\24x** | � | ❡ | ❢ | ❣ | ❤ | ❥ | ❦ | ❧ |
+| **\25x** | ♣ | ♦ | ♥ | ♠ | ① | ② | ③ | ④ |
+| **\26x** | ⑤ | ⑥ | ⑦ | ⑧ | ⑨ | ⑩ | ❶ | ❷ |
+| **\27x** | ❸ | ❹ | ❺ | ❻ | ❼ | ❽ | ❾ | ❿ |
+| **\30x** | ➀ | ➁ | ➂ | ➃ | ➄ | ➅ | ➆ | ➇ |
+| **\31x** | ➈ | ➉ | ➊ | ➋ | ➌ | ➍ | ➎ | ➏ |
+| **\32x** | ➐ | ➑ | ➒ | ➓ | ➔ | → | ↔ | ↕ |
+| **\33x** | ➘ | ➙ | ➚ | ➛ | ➜ | ➝ | ➞ | ➟ |
+| **\34x** | ➠ | ➡ | ➢ | ➣ | ➤ | ➥ | ➦ | ➧ |
+| **\35x** | ➨ | ➩ | ➪ | ➫ | ➬ | ➭ | ➮ | ➯ |
+| **\36x** | � | ➱ | ➲ | ➳ | ➴ | ➵ | ➶ | ➷ |
+| **\37x** | ➸ | ➹ | ➺ | ➻ | ➼ | ➽ | ➾ | � |

doc/techref/index.md

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+# Technical Reference
+
+The Technical Reference section provides detailed information on the technical aspects of
+GMT and PyGMT, including supported encodings, fonts, bit and hachure patterns, and other
+essential components for creating high-quality visualizations. For additional details,
+visit the :gmt-docs:`GMT Technical Reference <reference.html>`.
+
+```{toctree}
+:maxdepth: 1
+
+encodings.md
+```

pygmt/encodings.py

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+"""
+Adobe character encodings supported by GMT.
+
+Currently, only Adobe Symbol, Adobe ZapfDingbats, and Adobe ISOLatin1+ encodings are
+supported.
+
+The corresponding Unicode characters in each Adobe character encoding are generated
+from the mapping table and conversion script in the GMT-octal-codes
+(https://github.com/seisman/GMT-octal-codes) repository. Refer to that repository for
+details.
+
+Some code points are undefined and are assigned with the replacement character
+(``\ufffd``).
+
+References
+----------
+
+- GMT-octal-codes: https://github.com/seisman/GMT-octal-codes
+- GMT official documentation: https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/dev/reference/octal-codes.html
+- Adobe Postscript Language Reference: https://www.adobe.com/jp/print/postscript/pdfs/PLRM.pdf
+- ISOLatin1+: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Latin_1_Encoding
+- Adobe Symbol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol_(typeface)
+- Zapf Dingbats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapf_Dingbats
+- Adobe Glyph List: https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/agl-aglfn
+"""
+
+# Dictionary of character mappings for different encodings.
+charset: dict = {}
+
+# Adobe ISOLatin1+ charset.
+charset["ISOLatin1+"] = dict(
+    zip(
+        range(0o030, 0o400),
+        "\ufffd\u2022\u2026\u2122\u2014\u2013\ufb01\u017e"
+        "\u0020\u0021\u0022\u0023\u0024\u0025\u0026\u2019"
+        "\u0028\u0029\u002a\u002b\u002c\u2212\u002e\u002f"
+        "\u0030\u0031\u0032\u0033\u0034\u0035\u0036\u0037"
+        "\u0038\u0039\u003a\u003b\u003c\u003d\u003e\u003f"
+        "\u0040\u0041\u0042\u0043\u0044\u0045\u0046\u0047"
+        "\u0048\u0049\u004a\u004b\u004c\u004d\u004e\u004f"
+        "\u0050\u0051\u0052\u0053\u0054\u0055\u0056\u0057"
+        "\u0058\u0059\u005a\u005b\u005c\u005d\u005e\u005f"
+        "\u2018\u0061\u0062\u0063\u0064\u0065\u0066\u0067"
+        "\u0068\u0069\u006a\u006b\u006c\u006d\u006e\u006f"
+        "\u0070\u0071\u0072\u0073\u0074\u0075\u0076\u0077"
+        "\u0078\u0079\u007a\u007b\u007c\u007d\u007e\u0161"
+        "\u0152\u2020\u2021\u0141\u2044\u2039\u0160\u203a"
+        "\u0153\u0178\u017d\u0142\u2030\u201e\u201c\u201d"
+        "\u0131\u0060\u00b4\u02c6\u02dc\u00af\u02d8\u02d9"
+        "\u00a8\u201a\u02da\u00b8\u0027\u02dd\u02db\u02c7"
+        "\u0020\u00a1\u00a2\u00a3\u00a4\u00a5\u00a6\u00a7"
+        "\u00a8\u00a9\u00aa\u00ab\u00ac\u002d\u00ae\u00af"
+        "\u00b0\u00b1\u00b2\u00b3\u00b4\u00b5\u00b6\u00b7"
+        "\u00b8\u00b9\u00ba\u00bb\u00bc\u00bd\u00be\u00bf"
+        "\u00c0\u00c1\u00c2\u00c3\u00c4\u00c5\u00c6\u00c7"
+        "\u00c8\u00c9\u00ca\u00cb\u00cc\u00cd\u00ce\u00cf"
+        "\u00d0\u00d1\u00d2\u00d3\u00d4\u00d5\u00d6\u00d7"
+        "\u00d8\u00d9\u00da\u00db\u00dc\u00dd\u00de\u00df"
+        "\u00e0\u00e1\u00e2\u00e3\u00e4\u00e5\u00e6\u00e7"
+        "\u00e8\u00e9\u00ea\u00eb\u00ec\u00ed\u00ee\u00ef"
+        "\u00f0\u00f1\u00f2\u00f3\u00f4\u00f5\u00f6\u00f7"
+        "\u00f8\u00f9\u00fa\u00fb\u00fc\u00fd\u00fe\u00ff",
+        strict=False,
+    )
+)
+
+# Adobe Symbol charset.
+charset["Symbol"] = dict(
+    zip(
+        [*range(0o040, 0o200), *range(0o240, 0o400)],
+        "\u0020\u0021\u2200\u0023\u2203\u0025\u0026\u220b"
+        "\u0028\u0029\u2217\u002b\u002c\u2212\u002e\u002f"
+        "\u0030\u0031\u0032\u0033\u0034\u0035\u0036\u0037"
+        "\u0038\u0039\u003a\u003b\u003c\u003d\u003e\u003f"
+        "\u2245\u0391\u0392\u03a7\u2206\u0395\u03a6\u0393"
+        "\u0397\u0399\u03d1\u039a\u039b\u039c\u039d\u039f"
+        "\u03a0\u0398\u03a1\u03a3\u03a4\u03a5\u03c2\u2126"
+        "\u039e\u03a8\u0396\u005b\u2234\u005d\u22a5\u005f"
+        "\uf8e5\u03b1\u03b2\u03c7\u03b4\u03b5\u03c6\u03b3"
+        "\u03b7\u03b9\u03d5\u03ba\u03bb\u03bc\u03bd\u03bf"
+        "\u03c0\u03b8\u03c1\u03c3\u03c4\u03c5\u03d6\u03c9"
+        "\u03be\u03c8\u03b6\u007b\u007c\u007d\u223c\ufffd"
+        "\u20ac\u03d2\u2032\u2264\u2215\u221e\u0192\u2663"
+        "\u2666\u2665\u2660\u2194\u2190\u2191\u2192\u2193"
+        "\u00b0\u00b1\u2033\u2265\u00d7\u221d\u2202\u2022"
+        "\u00f7\u2260\u2261\u2248\u2026\u23d0\u23af\u21b5"
+        "\u2135\u2111\u211c\u2118\u2297\u2295\u2205\u2229"
+        "\u222a\u2283\u2287\u2284\u2282\u2286\u2208\u2209"
+        "\u2220\u2207\u00ae\u00a9\u2122\u220f\u221a\u22c5"
+        "\u00ac\u2227\u2228\u21d4\u21d0\u21d1\u21d2\u21d3"
+        "\u25ca\u2329\u00ae\u00a9\u2122\u2211\u239b\u239c"
+        "\u239d\u23a1\u23a2\u23a3\u23a7\u23a8\u23a9\u23aa"
+        "\ufffd\u232a\u222b\u2320\u23ae\u2321\u239e\u239f"
+        "\u23a0\u23a4\u23a5\u23a6\u23ab\u23ac\u23ad\ufffd",
+        strict=False,
+    )
+)
+
+# Adobe ZapfDingbats charset.
+charset["ZapfDingbats"] = dict(
+    zip(
+        [*range(0o040, 0o220), *range(0o240, 0o400)],
+        "\u0020\u2701\u2702\u2703\u2704\u260e\u2706\u2707"
+        "\u2708\u2709\u261b\u261e\u270c\u270d\u270e\u270f"
+        "\u2710\u2711\u2712\u2713\u2714\u2715\u2716\u2717"
+        "\u2718\u2719\u271a\u271b\u271c\u271d\u271e\u271f"
+        "\u2720\u2721\u2722\u2723\u2724\u2725\u2726\u2727"
+        "\u2605\u2729\u272a\u272b\u272c\u272d\u272e\u272f"
+        "\u2730\u2731\u2732\u2733\u2734\u2735\u2736\u2737"
+        "\u2738\u2739\u273a\u273b\u273c\u273d\u273e\u273f"
+        "\u2740\u2741\u2742\u2743\u2744\u2745\u2746\u2747"
+        "\u2748\u2749\u274a\u274b\u25cf\u274d\u25a0\u274f"
+        "\u2750\u2751\u2752\u25b2\u25bc\u25c6\u2756\u25d7"
+        "\u2758\u2759\u275a\u275b\u275c\u275d\u275e\ufffd"
+        "\u2768\u2769\u276a\u276b\u276c\u276d\u276e\u276f"
+        "\u2770\u2771\u2772\u2773\u2774\u2775\ufffd\ufffd"
+        "\ufffd\u2761\u2762\u2763\u2764\u2765\u2766\u2767"
+        "\u2663\u2666\u2665\u2660\u2460\u2461\u2462\u2463"
+        "\u2464\u2465\u2466\u2467\u2468\u2469\u2776\u2777"
+        "\u2778\u2779\u277a\u277b\u277c\u277d\u277e\u277f"
+        "\u2780\u2781\u2782\u2783\u2784\u2785\u2786\u2787"
+        "\u2788\u2789\u278a\u278b\u278c\u278d\u278e\u278f"
+        "\u2790\u2791\u2792\u2793\u2794\u2192\u2194\u2195"
+        "\u2798\u2799\u279a\u279b\u279c\u279d\u279e\u279f"
+        "\u27a0\u27a1\u27a2\u27a3\u27a4\u27a5\u27a6\u27a7"
+        "\u27a8\u27a9\u27aa\u27ab\u27ac\u27ad\u27ae\u27af"
+        "\ufffd\u27b1\u27b2\u27b3\u27b4\u27b5\u27b6\u27b7"
+        "\u27b8\u27b9\u27ba\u27bb\u27bc\u27bd\u27be\ufffd",
+        strict=False,
+    )
+)