| Re: idlgrtext fixed-width font [message #74108] |
Wed, 22 December 2010 13:22 |
penteado
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On Dec 22, 5:25 pm, George Millward <george.millw...@noaa.gov> wrote:
> I'll take a look at Monospace Symbol later.
Note that is not a font for "regular" text. It is a monospace version
of the usual Symbol.
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| Re: idlgrtext fixed-width font [message #74110 is a reply to message #74108] |
Wed, 22 December 2010 11:25  |
George Millward
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On Dec 22, 12:02 pm, Paulo Penteado <pp.pente...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 22, 4:55 pm, George Millward <george.millw...@noaa.gov> wrote:
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>> Does anyone know a fixed-width font I can use to sort this out - or is
>> there another solution ?
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> There is always Courier and Monospace Symbol.
Aha,
I hadn't realized Courier was fixed-width.
All sorted - thanks Paulo.
I'll take a look at Monospace Symbol later.
Cheers
George.
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| Re: idlgrtext fixed-width font [message #74111 is a reply to message #74110] |
Wed, 22 December 2010 11:23 |
David Fanning
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George Millward writes:
> I have an object graphics window where I am displaying text using
> idlgrtext objects.
> I'm using the default Helvetica 12 font for this.
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> The text strings constantly change (one, for instance writes the UT of
> the current image)
> - and are very 'jumpy' as they change - presumably because the various
> characters in Helvetica 12
> are not fixed-width.
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> Does anyone know a fixed-width font I can use to sort this out - or is
> there another solution ?
> At present, if build an animation - all of the text just jumps around.
Courier is the only fixed width font distributed with IDL.
You may have some other true-type fixed-width font on your
computer that you could use.
Cheers,
David
--
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: idlgrtext fixed-width font [message #74112 is a reply to message #74111] |
Wed, 22 December 2010 11:02 |
penteado
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On Dec 22, 4:55 pm, George Millward <george.millw...@noaa.gov> wrote:
> Does anyone know a fixed-width font I can use to sort this out - or is
> there another solution ?
There is always Courier and Monospace Symbol.
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