| Re: Angstrom sign [message #2151 is a reply to message #2076] |
Tue, 24 May 1994 15:24  |
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Registered: February 1992
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In article 6l9@netnews.upenn.edu, nick@sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu (Nick Maliszewskyj) writes:
> Does anyone know how to make a decent looking angstrom sign using the text
> formatting commands? I have a version which is passible, but I'd like to
> create one with somewhat more resemblance to the sign generated by the
> \AA command in Tex.
>
> Any ideas?
I don't think there has been much success with the Hershey fonts. It
is possible to come up with something for a single smallish font, but
one solution will break down when you switch fonts or sizes.
If you are not terribly interested in fancy screen characters, but
rather you need nice-looking Postscript printer output, I posted an
example of how to generate excellent quality Postscript output using
hardware fonts a few months ago. The example includes an Angstrom
symbol. The psspecxmpl.pro procedure and some other routines it calls
are still located in the orca.astro.washington.edu anonymous ftp site
in the /pub/idl/postscript directory.
This is not quite what you asked for, but I hope it helps.
Eric
Eric Deutsch Email: deutsch@astro.washington.edu
Department of Astronomy FM-20 Voice: (206) 543-1979
University of Washington FAX: (206) 685-0403
Seattle, WA 98195 Johnson Hall, Room 226
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