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Re: Aspect Ratio problem [message #2500 is a reply to message #2405]

Thu, 07 July 1994 01:19

stl
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In article <Jul6.230656.33003@acs.ucalgary.ca> trond@smith.phys.ucalgary.ca (Trond Steinar Trondsen) writes:
> Could somebody that may have done this before tell me: what is the
> easiest way of plotting, in PostScript, an image with a contour overlaid,
> and at the same time preserving the aspect ratio (square pixels)?
>
> I am able to produce contour-overlaid-image plots, but the aspect ratio gets
> messed up. And, it gets worse when I play around with the POSITION
> variable, =8-o
>
Possible silly question: What is 'the aspect ratio'?

Ohhh. You mean that when printed, the contour is no longer directly
over the image??

I am confusded about what the problem is. I presume it is the
standard postscript confusing cause by scalable pixel sizes, etc..
Please elaborate.

-stephen
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