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Re: FONT setting [message #32942 is a reply to message #32935]

Tue, 19 November 2002 10:00

K. Bowman
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Registered: May 2000

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In article <MPG.1843e803f72c4fa3989a31@news.frii.com>,
David Fanning <david@dfanning.com> wrote:

> If you really want "the same", I recommend you use
> True-Type fonts (!P.Font=1). IDL comes with four
> true-type fonts families (Times, Helvetica, Courier,
> and Symbol), but you can use any you can find on your
> computer. My experience is that these look pretty lame
> at small font sizes on the display, but they print
> wonderfully well.

Beware if you plan to 'tweak' Postscript plots containing Truetype fonts
using something like Adobe Illustrator. Truetype fonts are drawn in
Postscript output as polygons, not 'hardware' fonts. You cannot edit
them using the usual text editing tools.

My rule of thumb is: Hershey fonts for the screen; Postscripts fonts
for hardcopy, except for 3-D plots, when you have to use Truetype fonts
to get the 3-D rotation right.

Ken Bowman

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		Re: FONT setting By: David Fanning on Tue, 19 November 2002 18:24
		Re: FONT setting By: tom on Tue, 19 November 2002 17:38
		Re: FONT setting By: K. Bowman on Tue, 19 November 2002 10:00
		Re: FONT setting By: David Fanning on Tue, 19 November 2002 05:18

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