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Re: axis is too thin? - test.ps (0/1) [message #31276] Tue, 25 June 2002 00:13
R.Bauer is currently offline  R.Bauer
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Craig Markwardt wrote:
>
> Reimar Bauer <r.bauer@fz-juelich.de> writes:
>
>> tom wrote:
> ...
>>> would you please tell me how to make the axis thick?
>>>
>>> -Tom
>>
>> Dear Tom
>> You have to set the xtick and ytick keywords too.
>
> Of course Reimar means XTHICK and YTHICK. While you are at it, you
> probably will want to set CHARTHICK too. I find that thickness values
> in the range of 4-6, while they look horrible on the screen, look very
> nice on printed output.

oh yes, I am laughing at the moment. What's a mistake.


Reimar


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Re: axis is too thin? - test.ps (0/1) [message #31278 is a reply to message #31276] Mon, 24 June 2002 13:37 Go to previous message
jeyadev is currently offline  jeyadev
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In article <67bd2f4f.0206241157.39b7d868@posting.google.com>,
Johnny Lin <air_jlin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> hi Tom,
>
> i've wondered too if there's a keyword in the plotting procedures to
> adjust axis thickness. what i currently do is directly change the
> system variable that affects axis thickness, namely:
>
> !X.THICK = 2.5 ;set x-axis line thickness
> !Y.THICK = 2.5 ;set y-axis line thickness

Back in the good old days of very low resolution printers, thickness
set to 1.0 worked very well on the screen and on paper. But, as all
our printers began to be "600 dpi" printers, everything got narrower
and narrower and fainter and fainter. Eventully, we just wrote a
couple of procedures: SETX and SETPS. Now, we just run SETPS before
writing to a *printing* Postscript file (*not* EPS!), write the
file, and then run SETX to get back to the screen.

If you are going to be creating hardcopies a lot, and from within
procedures, you may find this useful.
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Surendar Jeyadev jeyadev@wrc.xerox.bounceback.com

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Re: axis is too thin? - test.ps (0/1) [message #31284 is a reply to message #31278] Mon, 24 June 2002 12:57 Go to previous message
air_jlin is currently offline  air_jlin
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hi Tom,

i've wondered too if there's a keyword in the plotting procedures to
adjust axis thickness. what i currently do is directly change the
system variable that affects axis thickness, namely:

!X.THICK = 2.5 ;set x-axis line thickness
!Y.THICK = 2.5 ;set y-axis line thickness

hope this helps!

best,
-Johnny


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tom <tom2959@21cn.com> wrote in message news:<f3aehuk37i6coa9ujacejej35k0fcd5p0c@4ax.com>...
> Hi,everybody, I puzzle why the axis is much thinner than the curve.
>
> x=[0,1,2] & y=[2,0,1]
> plot,x,y,thick=5
>
> would you please tell me how to make the axis thick?
>
> -Tom
Re: axis is too thin? - test.ps (0/1) [message #31285 is a reply to message #31284] Mon, 24 June 2002 12:57 Go to previous message
Vince Hradil is currently offline  Vince Hradil
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Craig Markwardt <craigmnet@cow.physics.wisc.edu> wrote in
news:on3cvcjwpx.fsf@cow.physics.wisc.edu:

>
> Reimar Bauer <r.bauer@fz-juelich.de> writes:
>
>> tom wrote:
> ...
>>> would you please tell me how to make the axis thick?
>>>
>>> -Tom
>>
>> Dear Tom
>> You have to set the xtick and ytick keywords too.
>
> Of course Reimar means XTHICK and YTHICK. While you are at it, you
> probably will want to set CHARTHICK too. I find that thickness values
> in the range of 4-6, while they look horrible on the screen, look very
> nice on printed output.
>
> Craig
>

Are you talking about PS output? The reason would be that the dpi is
very high in PS. see: http://www.dfanning.com/tips/ps_resolution.html
Re: axis is too thin? - test.ps (0/1) [message #31286 is a reply to message #31284] Mon, 24 June 2002 12:35 Go to previous message
Craig Markwardt is currently offline  Craig Markwardt
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Reimar Bauer <r.bauer@fz-juelich.de> writes:

> tom wrote:
...
>> would you please tell me how to make the axis thick?
>>
>> -Tom
>
> Dear Tom
> You have to set the xtick and ytick keywords too.

Of course Reimar means XTHICK and YTHICK. While you are at it, you
probably will want to set CHARTHICK too. I find that thickness values
in the range of 4-6, while they look horrible on the screen, look very
nice on printed output.

Craig

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Re: axis is too thin? - test.ps (0/1) [message #31297 is a reply to message #31286] Mon, 24 June 2002 08:42 Go to previous message
R.Bauer is currently offline  R.Bauer
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tom wrote:
>
> Hi,everybody, I puzzle why the axis is much thinner than the curve.
>
> x=[0,1,2] & y=[2,0,1]
> plot,x,y,thick=5
>
> would you please tell me how to make the axis thick?
>
> -Tom

Dear Tom
You have to set the xtick and ytick keywords too.


If you are interested in a plot environment which is
mostly wysiwig between screen and printer you can have
a look at.

http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg/icg-i/idl_icglib/idl_source/idl _html/idl_work_idl_work.examples.category.htm#6

regards

reimar
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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/icg1/idl_icglib/idl_lib_intro.h tml
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