| Re: typesetting math in IDL plots [message #10033] |
Tue, 07 October 1997 00:00  |
William J. Henney
Messages: 1
Registered: October 1997
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You may want to check out the psfrag package (should be on CTAN sites)
It allows you to replace text strings in a postscript file with
arbitrary LaTeX commands.
Will Henney, Instituto de Astronomia, UNAM
greg ushomirskiy wrote:
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> I've been using IDL for quite a while now, and have never been able to
> figure out how to make equations (or greek symbols, for that matter)
> to look nice in IDL plots when they're output to postscript for
> publication. Hershey fonts look quite crummy, and the PostScript
> Symbol font is not much better. Moreover, if I want to show a formula
> with a ratio in it, it's a huge hassle.
>
> In my opinion, the best looking equations are those output by TeX. Is
> there a way to use TeX to create plot labels for axes, plot lines,
> tick marks, etc? I am well aware of the TeXtoIDL package (my
> officemate wrote it ;), but it uses PS Symbol fonts. At the least,
> what I want is to be able to us the TeX math fonts (Computer Modern)
> when outputting to PostScript. The ``pie in the sky'' goal is to use
> TeX to typeset the equation, since it's quite smart about symbol
> spacing, proper spacings, kerning, and things like that.
>
> Such a beast probably doesn;t exist, does it? At the least, are AFM
> (Adobe font metrics) for TeX fonts available anywhere?
>
> Greg
>
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