| Re: Sun Symbol in Postscript [message #8656] |
Thu, 10 April 1997 00:00 |
safier
Messages: 12
Registered: March 1995
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>>>> > "Stein" == Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan
>>>> > <steinhh@achernar.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:
Stein> In article <334B2535.96B@mpb.gsfc.nasa.gov>, Wayne Landsman
Stein> <landsman@mpb.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes: |> Does anyone know
Stein> how to draw the Sun symbol (a circle with a centered |>
Stein> dot) with a postscript font? This symbol is available
Stein> under font 9 in |> the vector fonts, i.e. sunsymbol = !9n.
Stein> But I haven't been able to |> find it in a postscript font,
Stein> or to create it with the positioning |> commands. (I can't
Stein> get the dot perfectly centered in the circle.) |>
Stein> I think you should look at the documentation for Stein>
DEVICE,/SYMBOL,FONT_INDEX=something and then selecting font Stein>
number "something", then try out all the different Stein>
characters. I don't guarantee that there *is* a sun symbol Stein>
in that font, but it's worth a try?
Stein> Stein Vidar
Actually, there is no sun symbol in the standard postscript fonts. I
have wrestled with this for a while and gave up.
Any pointers appreciated.
Pedro
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| Re: Sun Symbol in Postscript [message #8672 is a reply to message #8656] |
Wed, 09 April 1997 00:00  |
steinhh
Messages: 260
Registered: June 1994
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In article <334B2535.96B@mpb.gsfc.nasa.gov>, Wayne Landsman <landsman@mpb.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:
|> Does anyone know how to draw the Sun symbol (a circle with a centered
|> dot) with a postscript font? This symbol is available under font 9 in
|> the vector fonts, i.e. sunsymbol = !9n. But I haven't been able to
|> find it in a postscript font, or to create it with the positioning
|> commands. (I can't get the dot perfectly centered in the circle.)
|>
I think you should look at the documentation
for DEVICE,/SYMBOL,FONT_INDEX=something and
then selecting font number "something", then try out
all the different characters. I don't guarantee
that there *is* a sun symbol in that font, but
it's worth a try?
Stein Vidar
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