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Andy Loughe (loughe@fsl.noaa.gov) writes: > Nice (hardware) fonts in 'X'... no problem! > Nice (hardware) fonts in 'PS'... no problem! > Nice (hardware) fonts in 'Z'... now there's a problem! > > I thought the Z-device would know about the fonts > available in 'X', but that is not the case. I > even tried device, set_font = 'Times' and although > I did not get an error, I got vector fonts! > > What's a Z-device user to do!? I like to use true-type fonts, but you have to use the ol' "make-um big" trick to make them look really nice. Here is an example: ***************************************************** PRO ZBuffer_Test data = Dist(41) Window, XSize=400, YSize=400, Title='Normal Picture' Surface, data, XTitle='This is X Title', YTitle='This is Y Title', $ ZTitle='This is Z Title', Font=1, Charsize=2.5, $ Position=[0.15, 0.15, 0.90, 0.90, 0.15, 0.90] thisDevice = !D.Name Set_Plot, 'Z' Device, Set_Resolution=[1600, 1600] Surface, data, XTitle='This is X Title', YTitle='This is Y Title', $ ZTitle='This is Z Title', Font=1, Charsize=2.5*4, $ XThick=4, YThick=4, ZThick=4, Thick=4, $ Position=[0.15, 0.15, 0.90, 0.90, 0.15, 0.90] snapshot = TVRD() Set_Plot, thisDevice Window, 1, XSize=400, YSize=400, Title='Z Buffer Picture' TV, Rebin(snapshot, 400, 400) END **************************************************** Cheers, David -- David Fanning, Ph.D. Fanning Software Consulting Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/ Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155