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| Re: Special symbols... Postscript .vs. Hershey fonts [message #20246 is a reply to message #20245] |
Sun, 28 May 2000 00:00  |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Geoff Cureton (cureton@ses.curtin.edu.au) writes:
> I have been generating some plots for a project, and initially I just used
> the vector fonts to generate roughish plots for an internal report. I
> eventually want to generate the same plots for use in a paper, so I would
> in that case use the Postscript fonts.
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> My plots have labels on them for degrees ( as in the superscripted little
> circle). Using the vector fonts I changed to the appropriate font (Font 9)
> and used the prescribed keybinding for the degree symbol (%). This was
> fine.
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> My problem was that when I went to use the Postscript fonts, (Symbol in
> this case), there were only octal codes for each symbol, and I haven't
> been able to figure out the correct syntax for specifying a particular
> symbol in the context of a PLOT or XYOUTS command.
You might enjoy (and perhaps find enlightenment from) this
discussion of how to create an Angstrom symbol on my web
page:
http://www.dfanning.com /tips/angstrom.html
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
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