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Re: FONT setting [message #32947 is a reply to message #32942]

Tue, 19 November 2002 05:18

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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tom (tom2959@21cn.com) writes:

> Hi, Generally, I plot a figure in window(set_plot,'win'), if it is good then
> I change the setting to set_plot,'ps'. But two figures are not different for
> the font(!p.font=3 or other). Are there any method to set font on order the
> two figures are the same?

Most people find they prefer Hershey vector
fonts in their display windows, but that these
are too thin for PostScript output. The typical
solution is to select hardware fonts (!P.Font=0)
when creating PostScript files. According to font
substitution rules built into IDL, the Simplex
Roman Hershey font is then replaced by a PostScript
Helvetica font. Not "the same", but not much of
a bother, either.

If you really want "the same", I recommend you use
True-Type fonts (!P.Font=1). IDL comes with four
true-type fonts families (Times, Helvetica, Courier,
and Symbol), but you can use any you can find on your
computer. My experience is that these look pretty lame
at small font sizes on the display, but they print
wonderfully well.

For everything but the most demanding journal output,
I usually go with the good ol' Helvetica hardware
fonts. :-)

Cheers,

David

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		Re: FONT setting By: David Fanning on Tue, 19 November 2002 18:24
		Re: FONT setting By: tom on Tue, 19 November 2002 17:38
		Re: FONT setting By: K. Bowman on Tue, 19 November 2002 10:00
		Re: FONT setting By: David Fanning on Tue, 19 November 2002 05:18

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