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and also when i print to the screen using DEVICE, SET_FONT='Times', /TT_FONT xyouts..etc it looks pretty blocky - an idea how to render the text to the screen better? thanks russ
rlayberry@hotmail.com wrote: > Hi > > Thanks those that helped with the question on plotting and colors...i > have another question on plotting which i would be grateful for help > with... > > i have plotted a graph, with a number of variables in different colors > on the screen, with some xyouts to say which line is which. this looks > fine on the screen, but when i plot to a ps file by doing > > SET_PLOT, 'PS' > DEVICE, FILENAME='myfile.ps', /LANDSCAPE > plot etc > device,/close > > only the black line seems to come out and the xyouts are all printed on > top of each other... > > any ideas > > thanks > > russ > There's not much detail in your post, but take a look at the bits_per_pixel keyword (for DEVICE) and make sure you use the right coordinates (data or normalized, but not device coordinates). Benjamin
rlayberry@hotmail.com wrote: > Hi > > Thanks those that helped with the question on plotting and colors...i > have another question on plotting which i would be grateful for help > with... > > i have plotted a graph, with a number of variables in different colors > on the screen, with some xyouts to say which line is which. this looks > fine on the screen, but when i plot to a ps file by doing > > SET_PLOT, 'PS' > DEVICE, FILENAME='myfile.ps', /LANDSCAPE > plot etc > device,/close > > only the black line seems to come out and the xyouts are all printed on > top of each other... > > any ideas > > thanks > > russ > I don't see any xyouts but if it is in the order at last then it is on top. cheers Reimar -- Reimar Bauer Institut fuer Stratosphaerische Chemie (ICG-I) Forschungszentrum Juelich email: R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de ------------------------------------------------------------ ------- a IDL library at ForschungsZentrum Juelich http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg/icg-i/idl_icglib/idl_lib_intro. html ============================================================ =======