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Re: cgAxis labels in different orientation in PS than on screen [message #77618 is a reply to message #77617]

Thu, 15 September 2011 15:20

David Fanning
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David Fanning writes:

> Well, the problem is that PS_START sets !P.FONT=0 when
> configuring the PostScript device. You need it to be
> set to 1, to do True-Type fonts, which can rotate in
> 3D space. (Hershey fonts, !P.FONT=-1 can do this, too,
> but they suck in PostScript.)
>
> This is trickier than it looks, because *which* True-Type
> font you choose is really, really machine dependent, and
> I don't like to make this choice for the user. It probably is
> something that should be controlled by cgControl.

Oh! Already done! Who programmed these wonderful tools
anyway? ;-)

Try something like this before you create your cgWindow:

IDL> cgWindow_SetDefs, PS_FONT=1, PS_TT_FONT='Helvetica'

Cheers,

David

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		Re: cgAxis labels in different orientation in PS than on screen By: Brian Daniel on Fri, 16 September 2011 06:03
		Re: cgAxis labels in different orientation in PS than on screen By: David Fanning on Thu, 15 September 2011 15:33
		Re: cgAxis labels in different orientation in PS than on screen By: David Fanning on Thu, 15 September 2011 15:27
		Re: cgAxis labels in different orientation in PS than on screen By: David Fanning on Thu, 15 September 2011 15:20
		Re: cgAxis labels in different orientation in PS than on screen By: David Fanning on Thu, 15 September 2011 14:46

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