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Re: PS fonts [message #86796 is a reply to message #86795]

Wed, 04 December 2013 07:31

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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greg.addr@googlemail.com writes:

> This question is well behind the times, I know. Does anyone remember if there is a way, in direct graphics, to produce an eps file which renders the text in a form which could be later edited as text in some other application (e.g. Illustrator) rather than a set of intricate polygons?
>
> At the moment, I have:
>
> set_plot,'PS'
> !p.font=1
> device,/color,/encapsulated,filename="test.eps",/helvetica,/isolatin1
>
> I've tried !p.font=0 and some permutations with device,/TT_FONT but no luck yet.

I just did this:

IDL> cgPS_Open, 'idl.ps'
IDL> cgPlot, cgDemoData(1), XTitle='This is the X Title', $
YTitle='This is the Y title'
IDL> cgPS_Close

When I opened the idl.ps file in Illustrator I find I an do anything I
like to the text. What kind of problem are you having?

Cheers,

David
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		PS fonts By: greg.addr on Wed, 04 December 2013 07:13
		Re: PS fonts By: David Fanning on Wed, 04 December 2013 07:31
		Re: PS fonts By: greg.addr on Thu, 05 December 2013 03:22
		Re: PS fonts By: David Fanning on Thu, 05 December 2013 04:48

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