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Re: Postscript line thickness [message #35131]

Tue, 20 May 2003 12:12

mchinand
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In article <badlgm$gpc$1@houston.jhuapl.edu>,
Haje Korth <haje.korth@jhuapl.edu> wrote:
> David,
> Ken got it right. I loaded the postscript file into CorelDRAW and checked
> the properties of the line. The software gives you the thickness with 3
> digit precision. thick=1 gives you 0.283, thick=2 gives you 0.567, however.
> So you now the number is rounded/truncated. But the precision is accurate
> enough for the purpose. Does this satisfy your curiosity? :-)
>
> Haje
>
>

Looking at a IDL generated postscript file in a text editor, it looks like
it's 0.283465. Not that the extra precision matters much. I don't really
know much about postscript programming, just enough to change line
thickness and colors.

--Mike

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		Re: Postscript line thickness By: mchinand on Tue, 20 May 2003 12:12
		Re: Postscript line thickness By: Haje Korth on Tue, 20 May 2003 09:35
		Re: Postscript line thickness By: K. Bowman on Tue, 20 May 2003 06:33
		Re: Postscript line thickness By: David Fanning on Tue, 20 May 2003 06:16
		Re: Postscript line thickness By: David Fanning on Mon, 19 May 2003 06:34

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