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Re: Z-buffer font quality [message #14840]

Wed, 07 April 1999 00:00

DMottershead
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Registered: January 1998

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Have a look at http://marlin.mhl.nsw.gov.au/motohtm/idl.html

In article <7e37ig$vv@post.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
fireman@mcst.gsfc.nasa.gov (Gwyn Fireman) wrote:
> David Fanning (davidf@dfanning.com) wrote:
> : Well, I usually write to the Z-buffer at twice the resolution that
> : I want to see on the display.
>
> The modified procedure works OK once I double the thickness of axes,
> etc. by adding the following to the plot command:
>
> psym=-6, symsize=2, thick=2, xthick=2, ythick=2, $
>
> : code. It looks OK on my display, but perhaps I'm not that picky
> : for display purposes. Now, hardcopy, that's something else. :-)
>
> I guess I am picky - the result still looks fuzzy and a little chunky
> to me. I *much* prefer PostScript fonts and would use PS but for two
> things:
>
> - Much of my work can end up both in internal memos and on our intranet
> web site, and it seems that GIF is the portable way to do that.
>
> - EPS with preview doesn't show up in Word, and when I have many similar
> plots to put in a document I don't like to rely on filename alone.
>
> Looks like I'll need to take the time to read your PostScript chapter
> and try your tools!
>
> Thanks for the reply!
>
> --
> -- Gwyn F. Fireman
> -- General Sciences Corporation / MODIS Characterization Support Team
> -- Gwyn.Fireman@gsfc.nasa.gov 301-352-2118
>

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		Re: Z-buffer font quality By: DMottershead on Wed, 07 April 1999 00:00
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