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Re: Large dots in Postscript output [message #33872]

Wed, 05 February 2003 09:21

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Registered: April 2002

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Liam Gumley wrote:
>
> "Liam Gumley" <Liam.Gumley@ssec.wisc.edu> wrote in message
> news:b1rd6c$jpt$1@news.doit.wisc.edu...
>> Have you tried TrueType fonts? For example:
>>
>> set_plot, 'PS'
>> device, set_font='Helvetica', /tt_font
>> plot, indgen(10) * 10000.0, font=1
>> device, /close_file
>
> You may also be interested in the PSON and PSOFF utilities I developed for
> my book. PSON sets up the PostScript page with the same aspect ratio as the
> current graphics window, and sizes the plot to fit inside the drawable area
> of the page. A range of pages sizes (Letter, Legal, A4, etc.) are
> selectable. For example:
>
> ;- Create a plot in a graphics window
> window, /free
> plot, indgen(10) * 10000.0
>
> ;- Reproduce the plot in PostScript landscape mode on A4 paper
> pson, /landscape, paper='A4', filename='test.ps'
> plot, indgen(10) * 10000.0
> psoff

Let me put in a good word for these little utility programs that I got from Liam's
library. I use 'em a lot and they're great for quick and easy PS output. In a lot of cases
I just want to change the size of a plot so it looks better on a printed page. With
PSON/OFF all I do is change the onscreen graphics window to how I want the plot to
look/be-sized, invoke PSON, replot, PSOFF, and it's done. No more stuffing around with
SET_PLOT and DEVICE.

paulv

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		Re: Large dots in Postscript output By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 05 February 2003 09:21
		Re: Large dots in Postscript output By: Liam E. Gumley on Wed, 05 February 2003 08:23
		Re: Large dots in Postscript output By: David Fanning on Wed, 05 February 2003 08:22
		Re: Large dots in Postscript output By: Liam E. Gumley on Wed, 05 February 2003 08:13

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