| Re: PS Sun Symbol [message #34884] |
Mon, 28 April 2003 12:58  |
Chad Bender
Messages: 21
Registered: July 2001
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Yes, I'm aware of the vector version of it. I just prefer the printed look
of the hardware fonts. On that note, is it possible to switch between
vector and hardware fonts in the middle of a text string? I suppose
I could do something tricky like plotting the axis twice -- first do
the text and ticks in hardware fonts, and then overplot in vector fonts
the sun symbol. Aligning things would be difficult, but I might give it
a shot.
Chad
Chris Torrence <chris_torrence@yahoo.com> wrote:
: Hi Chad,
: If you want to use vector-drawn fonts instead, there is a very nice
: sun symbol under the math font:
: IDL> !p.font = -1
: IDL> xyouts, 0.5, 0.5, '!9n'
: The !9 switches to math font, and the "n" is the character
: representing the sun.
: You can use:
: IDL> showfont,9,'Math'
: to view all of the available symbols.
: -Chris
: Chad Bender <cbender@hapuna.ess.sunysb.edu> wrote in message news:<3ea9c972_4@marge.ic.sunysb.edu>...
:> I'm trying to make a sun symbol (circle with a dot in the middle) under
:> PS hardware fonts. There is a command (sunsymbol) in the astronomy users
:> library that does this, however the dot is noticeably off center. Has
:> anyone come up with a better way of generating the symbol?
:>
:> For reference, the command used in the 'sunsymbol' function is:
:>
:> device,/AVANTGARDE,/BOOK,ISOLATIN=0,FONT_INDEX = 20
:> return, '!20!S!DO!R!I ' + string(183b) + '!X!N'
:>
:> I checked the archives, but the last post referencing this topic was way
:> back in 97.
:>
:> Also:
:> IDL> print, !version
:> { x86 linux unix 5.4 Sep 25 2000 32 32}
:>
:>
:> Thanks
:> Chad Bender
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