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Re: idlgrtext fixed-width font [message #74111 is a reply to message #74110]

Wed, 22 December 2010 11:23

David Fanning
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George Millward writes:

> I have an object graphics window where I am displaying text using
> idlgrtext objects.
> I'm using the default Helvetica 12 font for this.
>
> The text strings constantly change (one, for instance writes the UT of
> the current image)
> - and are very 'jumpy' as they change - presumably because the various
> characters in Helvetica 12
> are not fixed-width.
>
> Does anyone know a fixed-width font I can use to sort this out - or is
> there another solution ?
> At present, if build an animation - all of the text just jumps around.

Courier is the only fixed width font distributed with IDL.
You may have some other true-type fixed-width font on your
computer that you could use.

Cheers,

David

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		Re: idlgrtext fixed-width font By: penteado on Wed, 22 December 2010 13:22
		Re: idlgrtext fixed-width font By: George Millward on Wed, 22 December 2010 11:25
		Re: idlgrtext fixed-width font By: David Fanning on Wed, 22 December 2010 11:23
		Re: idlgrtext fixed-width font By: penteado on Wed, 22 December 2010 11:02

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