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Re: Sun symbol (again!) [message #64408 is a reply to message #64407]

Sun, 21 December 2008 19:57

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Craig Markwardt writes:

> I don't get it. Is there any reason that '!Mn!X' doesn't work?
> TEXTOIDL() is capable of making this character with '\odot', in
> contradiction to what the poster says below (I have a version of
> TEXTOIDL from 1996).

I think it works if you don't mind Hershey fonts in
your PostScript output. But maybe you need something
more elegant for formal presentations.

Here is an article that describes one possibility using
freely available (and free) true-type fonts:

http://www.dfanning.com/misc_tips/sun_symbol.html

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: Sun symbol (again!) By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 22 December 2008 00:06
		Re: Sun symbol (again!) By: anand on Sun, 21 December 2008 21:28
		Re: Sun symbol (again!) By: David Fanning on Sun, 21 December 2008 19:57
		Re: Sun symbol (again!) By: Craig Markwardt on Sun, 21 December 2008 18:16
		Re: Sun symbol (again!) By: Michael Williams on Tue, 23 December 2008 16:32
		Re: Sun symbol (again!) By: Michael Williams on Tue, 23 December 2008 16:56
		Re: Sun symbol (again!) By: Michael Williams on Tue, 23 December 2008 16:41
		Re: Sun symbol (again!) By: Michael Williams on Tue, 23 December 2008 16:34

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