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Re: Anstrom symbol not showing up on PS output [message #84074 is a reply to message #84018]

Thu, 25 April 2013 10:36

David Fanning
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Mairan Teodoro writes:

> I'm still having trouble to get the Angstrom symbol to show up properly on the PS/PDF output using Device Fonts (!P.FONT=0). I can achieve that if I set !P.FONT=1 just before the text command (I'm using CGTEXT), but the output will be quite different from what I'm using throughout the paper.
>
> If I try to use the lower case Angstrom, everything is just fine, as one can see in this figure:
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6573328/Angstrom_lowerca se.png
>
> However, if I want to use the upper case Angstrom, which is the correct one, I think there is no room for the small circle to show up in the output for some reason that I don't know. See this figure:
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6573328/Angstrom_upperca se.png
>
> Is there any way of setting the size of the text window?

I think it is more likely that this particular hardware font doesn't
support the Angstrom sign properly. Fonts are notorious for not being in
compliance with standards. True-type fonts are better in this regard
because they are usually more "modern."

I find it hard to believe, however, that you can't find a true-type font
to match the font in your paper. What kind of font are you using?

In any case, when device independence became my goal, I switched from
hardware to true-type fonts and never looked back.

There is no way to set the text "window size" as far as I know. And I
doubt very much it would help in this situation anyway.

Cheers,

David
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		Anstrom symbol not showing up on PS output By: mairan.teodoro on Wed, 24 April 2013 10:21
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		Re: Anstrom symbol not showing up on PS output By: David Fanning on Thu, 25 April 2013 10:36

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