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Re: Displaying degree symbol with Postscript fonts [message #61565 is a reply to message #61472]

Fri, 18 July 2008 11:18

bjelley
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Registered: November 2006

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On Jul 18, 10:12 am, "Kenneth P. Bowman" <k-bow...@null.edu> wrote:
> In article <g5q7sp$s2...@news.nems.noaa.gov>,
> Paul van Delst <Paul.vanDe...@noaa.gov> wrote:
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>> Kenneth P. Bowman wrote:
>>> This is one of those things that everyone but me probably already
>>> knows.
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>>> 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.
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>> What's wrong with !Uo!N ?
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>> If you can see a meaningful difference, then your printer has more dpi than it should! :o)
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>> cheers,
>
>> paulv
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> That prints a superscript lowercase letter O, correct? My eagle-eye is offended
> by its non-circularity. ;-)
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> Ken- Hide quoted text -
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What is wrong with Matthew Craig's TeXtoIDL version (/circ keyword)?
It is rather aged (1996?), but still works fine for greek letters,
inifinity character, and such.

Gumley still probably has it posted on his book companion site.

Cheers,
-Ben

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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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