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Re: Use the device fonts for Ytitle on screen [message #68634 is a reply to message #68633]

Wed, 11 November 2009 13:50

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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jdu writes:

> I meet a problem about using the device ('Windows') fonts for Ytitle
> on screen.
> For example,
>
> !P.FONT = 0
> DEVICE, SET_FONT='Microsoft Yahei'
> PLOT, INDGEN(11), Xtitle='X Title', Ytitle='Y Title'
>
> But in the figure, the Ytitle look like as follows:
> Y
> T
> i
> l
> e
>
> For Hershey and TrueType fonts, there is no problem like this.
> But these fonts look awful on screen.
>
> How can I choose a beautiful font for the output on screen?

You will have to use Matlab or R to draw your plots if you want
beautiful. IDL direct graphics doesn't do beautiful. Maybe you
want to try an object graphics plot (e.g, xplot in my library,
for example). Those fonts are mostly beautiful. :-)

Cheers,

David

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		Re: Use the device fonts for Ytitle on screen By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 November 2009 15:06
		Re: Use the device fonts for Ytitle on screen By: duxiyu@gmail.com on Wed, 11 November 2009 14:57
		Re: Use the device fonts for Ytitle on screen By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 November 2009 14:28
		Re: Use the device fonts for Ytitle on screen By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 November 2009 14:13
		Re: Use the device fonts for Ytitle on screen By: penteado on Wed, 11 November 2009 14:04
		Re: Use the device fonts for Ytitle on screen By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 November 2009 13:50

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