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Re: BETTER FONTS [message #24264 is a reply to message #24176]

Mon, 19 March 2001 07:08

Liam E. Gumley
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Registered: January 2000

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David Fanning wrote:
>
> Liam Gumley (Liam.Gumley@ssec.wisc.edu) writes:
>
>> If you are running IDL 5.4 on a Windows platform, you can use the METAFILE
>> device to create graphical output which looks great in Microsoft
>> applications (such as Word or Powerpoint). For example:
>>
>> entry_device = !d.name
>> set_plot, 'METAFILE'
>> device, filename='test.emf'
>> device, set_font='Helvetica*32'
>> x = findgen(200) * 0.1
>> y = sin(x)
>> plot, x, y, title='Test Plot', xtitle='X-Axis', ytitle='Y-Axis', font=0
>> device, /close_file
>> set_plot, entry_device
>>
>> To import the resulting Windows Enhanced Metafile (test.emf) into Word, use
>> 'Insert/Picture/From File'.
>
> Humm. Using exactly this code, I find the Y axis
> label is not rotated when I import this into
> Microsoft Word. Do you see something else, Liam?
> I'm running on Microsoft products, naturally. :-(

That will teach me a lesson. The example I actually *ran* didn't have a
y-axis label. Note to self: don't post code without testing it.

However if one can live without a y-axis label, the fonts really are
quite nice in METAFILe output.

Cheers,
Liam.
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley

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		BETTER FONTS By: Mark Chan on Sat, 17 March 2001 20:01
		Re: BETTER FONTS By: Liam E. Gumley on Mon, 19 March 2001 07:08
		Re: BETTER FONTS By: davidf on Sun, 18 March 2001 15:54
		Re: BETTER FONTS By: Liam E. Gumley on Sun, 18 March 2001 14:49

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