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Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts [message #61484 is a reply to message #61472]

Fri, 18 July 2008 07:04

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Registered: April 2002

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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

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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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