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Re: Contour labels not aligned with contours [message #88537 is a reply to message #88536]

Fri, 09 May 2014 02:21

Sir Loin Steak
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On Friday, 9 May 2014 10:19:17 UTC+1, lj...@fsmail.net wrote:
> Right, I've done some more investigating...
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> The problem seems to be related to the character size used to label the contour labels. I've done two more test plots, using the code below. The results are here: http://physics.open.ac.uk/~lsteele/contour_test.png
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> In the first plot I set c_charsize=0.2, while in the second plot I set c_charsize=0.5. As you can see, the labels look ok in the second plot, but are not aligned with the contours in the first plot.
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> The problem is, I need to produce the eps plot for a journal article, and it needs to be output in the correct size (in this case 2.5 inches square). As such, I have to use small c_charsize values to make the labels legible, and not cover up any shading which is plotted underneath the contours.
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> Does anyone know of a way around this?
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> Cheers,
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> Liam
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> Test code:
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> x = sin(findgen(50)/49*!pi)*5
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> y = cos(findgen(50)/49*!pi/2)*5
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> array = x#y
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> set_plot, 'ps'
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> !p.font=0
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> device, /encap, xsize=2.5, ysize=2.5, /inches, filename='test.eps'
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> pos = cglayout([1,1], oxmargin=[3,1], oymargin=[2,1])
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> clevels = findgen(13)*2
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> contour, array, findgen(50), findgen(50), levels=clevels, $
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> c_label=intarr(13)+1, charsize=0.6, c_charsize=0.2, $
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> color=cgcolor('black'), position=pos[*,0]
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> device, /close

Oh, and I've tested this using IDL 7.0 and 8.2, and it happens in both versions.

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		Contour labels not aligned with contours By: Sir Loin Steak on Thu, 08 May 2014 11:58
		Re: Contour labels not aligned with contours By: David Fanning on Thu, 08 May 2014 12:23
		Re: Contour labels not aligned with contours By: Sir Loin Steak on Thu, 08 May 2014 13:19
		Re: Contour labels not aligned with contours By: David Fanning on Thu, 08 May 2014 13:51
		Re: Contour labels not aligned with contours By: Sir Loin Steak on Fri, 09 May 2014 02:19
		Re: Contour labels not aligned with contours By: Sir Loin Steak on Fri, 09 May 2014 02:21
		Re: Contour labels not aligned with contours By: David Fanning on Fri, 09 May 2014 06:06
		Re: Contour labels not aligned with contours By: Sir Loin Steak on Fri, 09 May 2014 08:32

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