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Re: weird font issue: string("305B) does not work any more? [message #61155 is a reply to message #61149]

Sun, 06 July 2008 07:09

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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biophys writes:

> It's been a long time since last time I used something like
> string("305B) to get these special characters. However, this time it
> doesn't work for me on a windows machine with direct graphics. If I
> use
>
> IDL>!p.font=-1 & XYOUTS,.1, .5, '!3Here is an Angstrom symbol: ' +
> STRING("305B), /NORM, CHARSIZE=3
> or
> IDL>!p.font=1 & XYOUTS,.1, .5, '!3Here is an Angstrom symbol: ' +
> STRING("305B), /NORM, CHARSIZE=3
>
> the angstrom does not show up.

As far as I know this has never worked with direct graphics
and hardware fonts. In fact, I don't see how it could.

Cheers,

David

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		Re: weird font issue: string("305B) does not work any more? By: David Fanning on Sun, 06 July 2008 18:37
		Re: weird font issue: string("305B) does not work any more? By: biophys on Sun, 06 July 2008 16:30
		Re: weird font issue: string("305B) does not work any more? By: David Fanning on Sun, 06 July 2008 07:09

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