| User-added Postscript fonts [message #21070] |
Thu, 03 August 2000 00:00 |
Mark Fardal
Messages: 51
Registered: October 1995
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Hi,
I finally figured out how to add the AMS math Postscript fonts to IDL.
They have some symbols that are not available in the standard set
of Postscript fonts. If I could make them available, I'd never need
vector fonts in PS files again.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem possible to use more than one such
font at a time. I thought you would be able to add several by
using font indices, but apparently not:
IDL> help,/device
...
(!17) AvantGarde-Book (!18) NewCenturySchlbk-Roman
(!19) NewCenturySchlbk-Bold (!20) <Undefined-User-Font>
IDL> DEVICE, set_font = 'CMBSY7', font_index=19
IDL> help,/device
...
(!17) AvantGarde-Book (!18) NewCenturySchlbk-Roman
(!19) CMBSY7 (!20) CMBSY7
IDL> DEVICE, set_font = 'MSAM10', font_index=17
IDL> help,/device
...
(!17) MSAM10 (!18) NewCenturySchlbk-Roman
(!19) MSAM10 (!20) MSAM10
So, if you try something like
set_plot, 'ps'
!p.font=0
device, /palatino, /bold, font_index=6
device, set_font = 'MSAM10', font_index=17
device, set_font = 'CMBSY7', font_index=19
plot, indgen(10), title = '!20what font am i this time?!6'
xyouts, .3, .5, /normal, '!6M!d!19'+string(12b)+'!n!17' $
+string(46b)+'!6 2 !m'+string(180b)+ '!x 10!u33!n g', size=1.7
device,/close
you can get one special symbol or the other correct, depending on the
ordering of the "device, set_font" statements, but not both. A
further drawback of this is that it is harder to modify TeXtoIdl to
produce the correct symbols.
I don't see anything in the documentation about this behavior.
Is this a quirk of my system? which is namely
x86 linux unix 5.2.1, Debian linux
thanks,
Mark Fardal
UMass
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