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Re: font size [message #34675 is a reply to message #26102]

Mon, 07 April 2003 21:25

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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tomson (tom2959@21cn.com) writes:

> I have a question on how to set font size exactly. For example, I want
> string to be printed at size=8pt. I only know charsize=..., but that's
> relative size. How to set that? For example,
> plot,x,y,...
> xyouts,0.5,0.5,'string',...

I'm not sure the concept of "point size" has much
relevance in the world of computer graphics, but if
you had a good quality PostScript font and a high-
resolution PostScript printer you might expect
reasonable results. I would try something like this:

Device, Set_Font='Bookman', Font_Size=8
Plot, x, y
xyouts, 0.5, 0.5, Font=0, 'string', ....

Cheers,

David

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		Font sizes/Screen vs. Postcript/Contour dropping lables By: Axel Schweiger on Fri, 03 August 2001 11:58
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		Re: font size By: tomson on Tue, 08 April 2003 17:35
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