A two-dimensional capacitive position transducer is described which hasx,yand angular outputs and a fixed zero. The prototype has submicron and arcsecond sensitivity, 10 mm range, and a nonlinearity of 0.1&percent;, which is easily corrected to 0.01&percent;. The transducer employs a synthetic dual full-bridge technique and is compact, easily fabricated, and suitable for use in cryogenic environments.©1997 American Institute of Physics.