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Re: Large dots in Postscript output [message #33873 is a reply to message #33872]

Wed, 05 February 2003 08:23

Liam E. Gumley
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Registered: January 2000

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"Liam Gumley" <Liam.Gumley@ssec.wisc.edu> wrote in message
news:b1rd6c$jpt$1@news.doit.wisc.edu...
> Have you tried TrueType fonts? For example:
>
> set_plot, 'PS'
> device, set_font='Helvetica', /tt_font
> plot, indgen(10) * 10000.0, font=1
> device, /close_file

You may also be interested in the PSON and PSOFF utilities I developed for
my book. PSON sets up the PostScript page with the same aspect ratio as the
current graphics window, and sizes the plot to fit inside the drawable area
of the page. A range of pages sizes (Letter, Legal, A4, etc.) are
selectable. For example:

;- Create a plot in a graphics window
window, /free
plot, indgen(10) * 10000.0

;- Reproduce the plot in PostScript landscape mode on A4 paper
pson, /landscape, paper='A4', filename='test.ps'
plot, indgen(10) * 10000.0
psoff

The plot in the PostScript file will have the same aspect ratio as it does
in the graphics window. I find these utilities much easier to use than the
usual SET_PLOT and DEVICE commands. You can find PSON and PSOFF in my
example program library at

http://www.gumley.com/PIP/About_Book.html

Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
http://www.gumley.com/

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		Re: Large dots in Postscript output By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 05 February 2003 09:21
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		Re: Large dots in Postscript output By: David Fanning on Wed, 05 February 2003 08:22
		Re: Large dots in Postscript output By: Liam E. Gumley on Wed, 05 February 2003 08:13

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