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Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts [message #61472 is a reply to message #61471]

Fri, 18 July 2008 08:12

Kenneth P. Bowman
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Registered: May 2000

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In article <g5q7sp$s2d$1@news.nems.noaa.gov>,
Paul van Delst <Paul.vanDelst@noaa.gov> wrote:

> Kenneth P. Bowman wrote:
>> This is one of those things that everyone but me probably already
>> knows.
>>
>> To display the degree symbol in most Postscript fonts
>> (glyph B0 in hex), you have to set the /ISOLATIN1 keyword via the
>> DEVICE command. This is not the most obscure feature that I
>> have ever seen in IDL (perhaps we should start a top 10 list),
>> but it is right up there.
>
> What's wrong with !Uo!N ?
>
> If you can see a meaningful difference, then your printer has more dpi than it should! :o)
>
> cheers,
>
> paulv

That prints a superscript lowercase letter O, correct? My eagle-eye is offended
by its non-circularity. ;-)

Ken

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[Message index]

		Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts By: David Fanning on Fri, 18 July 2008 10:11
		Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Fri, 18 July 2008 08:12
		Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts By: David Fanning on Fri, 18 July 2008 09:52
		Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Fri, 18 July 2008 13:36
		Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 18 July 2008 07:04
		Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts By: Wox on Fri, 18 July 2008 01:04
		Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts By: biophys on Thu, 17 July 2008 21:57
		Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts By: bjelley on Fri, 18 July 2008 11:18
		Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 18 July 2008 10:19
		Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Fri, 18 July 2008 13:35

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