| Re: Top 10 IDL Requests [message #20650 is a reply to message #20649] |
Mon, 17 July 2000 00:00   |
Liam E. Gumley
Messages: 378
Registered: January 2000
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Andrew wrote:
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> In article <39731270.99C6E4C6@ssec.wisc.edu>,
> "Liam E.Gumley" <Liam.Gumley@ssec.wisc.edu> wrote:
>> Andrew,
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>> TrueType fonts scale and rotate correctly in 3D, e.g.
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>> set_plot, 'PS'
>> device, set_font='Times Italic', /tt_font, file='surface.ps'
>> surface, dist(256), xtitle='X Axis', ytitle='Y Axis', font=1
>> device, /close
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> Thx. for the info. Someone else pointed this out to me via
> email as well. QUESTION. Do TrueType fonts work on *nix? If not
> then I leave my request for David to consider. And since we all know
> how much David loves *nix, I'm sure it will get top billing ;-)
TrueType fonts are supported on all IDL platforms, including UNIX.
> Do you know how the TT fonts are embedded in the PS file? If
> my axis label is "Badgers" can I find the string "Badgers" in the PS
> file?
I don't know how they are respresented in the PostScript file. However I
suspect it might be a bitmap....
Cheers,
Liam.
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley
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