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Re: Text Formatting with TexToIDL [message #47568]

Wed, 15 February 2006 21:27

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Craig Markwardt writes:

> But here's an interesting tidbit. The PS and TrueType symbol fonts
> are close enough that one can switch to Postscript mode and get the
> desired effect:
>
> set_plot, 'ps'
> str = textoidl(' \lambda_{1} (nm)', font=0)
> set_plot, 'x'
> text = obj_new('idlgrtext', str, ENABLE_FORMATTING=1)
> xobjview, text
>
> Major-kludge, but it suggests that a modification to textoidl() would
> be fairly straightforward.

I've suggested to the person who passed this information along
to me that he get in touch with Matt Craig and offer to help
fix this up, but so far stone silence on the other end. :-)

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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		Re: Text Formatting with TexToIDL By: David Fanning on Wed, 15 February 2006 21:27
		Re: Text Formatting with TexToIDL By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 15 February 2006 15:29
		Re: Text Formatting with TexToIDL By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 15 February 2006 15:21
		Re: Text Formatting with TexToIDL By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 15 February 2006 14:29

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