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Re: math symbols for postscript
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description: In article q9h@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU, jabarone@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John A Barone) writes: > Hi, I'm looking for a postscript font, to use with IDL, that has > math symbols, integral sign, partial derivative, etc. I asked > a similar question earlier and received some useful responses > explaining that the postscript symbol font has some math symbols. > Although it has many of the symbols that the Hearshey math font > has, some important ones are missing, in particular a symbol > for partial derivatives. I was wondering if anyone knows Postscript Symbol font character number 182 is a partial derivative symbol. > of a postscript font one could use with IDL that has a more > complete set of math symbols. I'm trying to write a hearshey-to- > postscript converter so that I can print inputed math equations > using postscript fonts, which look much nicer printed out than > equations using the hearshey fonts IMHO. Since the subject of using Postscript fonts comes up periodically, below a short MAIN_PROGRAM which illustrate use of Posctscript hardware fonts (including Angstrom symbol and all). There is also a MAIN_PROGRAM which prints out character sets, so you can see which number corresponds to which character. Please let me know if you have questions or additions to these programs. Also, if anyone is interested in the setps and psclose procedures, I can make them available; they simplify use of Postscript a little... cheers, Eric Eric Deutsch Email: deutsch@astro.washington.edu Department of Astronomy FM-20 Voice: (206) 543-1979 University of Washington FAX: (206) 685-0403 Seattle, WA 98195 Johnson Hall, Room 226 ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- psspecxmpl.pro ; This MAIN_PROGRAM is a demo of how to make publication quality output in ; IDL using Postscript fonts. The program can also be run on X displays ; with the Hershey Triplex font, but special characters will not come out ; looking the same (the price you pay for better…
creator: deutsch
date: 1994-01-18T23:24:48-00:00