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** File: TPPlot4.hlp
** Index: 34
** Plot View's Font Menu commands
█ Font menu
TechPlot provides 9 scalable vector
fonts:
bold
complex
gothic
italic
roman
script
sanserif
simplex
symbol
█ PostScript printer fonts:
When save or print graphs, if you have
selected "Use printer font" option in the
Select Printing Mode dialog box, TechPlot
will use printer fonts. The following
table shows the assignment of TechPlot's
fonts to PostScript fonts.
TechPlot Font PostScript Font
Bold Helvetica+Italic
Complex Roman
Gothic Bookman
Italic Roman+Italic
Roman Palatino
Script ITC Zapf Chancery-
Medium Italic
Sanserif Helvetica
Simplex Courier
Symbol Symbol
When any of the TechPlot's font is set
with Thick Line option, it will become the
corresponding PostScript font with bold
option. For example,
Complex + Thick Line = Roman + Bold.
█ LaserJet printer fonts:
For LaserJet II series, there is only
one font assignment to printer font. The
TechPlot's Simplex font is assigned to
LaserJet II's Courier font.
For LaserJet III series, there are five
fonts assigned with TechPlot's vector fonts.
Tip: For better quality graphics output on
LaserJet printers,
1) try to use printer fonts as possible;
2) turn on the Thick Line option for
TechPlot's vector fonts.
The following table shows the
assignment of TechPlot's fonts to
LaserJet III fonts.
TechPlot Font LaserJet III Font
Sanserif Helvetica
Bold Helvetica + Italic
Roman Time Roman
Italic Time Roman + Italic
Simplex Courier
For Complex, Gothic, Script, and Symbol
fonts, the original TechPlot's vector fonts
are used.
█ Add text object
To add a text object, perform the
following steps:
■ Move the mouse (or emulated mouse) to
the text tool in the tool box and click
the mouse button.
■ Move the mouse to the client area and
position it at the starting position of
the place where you want the object to
be drawn.
■ Press the mouse button and drag to an
ending position then release. The Text
Format dialog box will be displayed.
In this dialog box, you can type in the
text string, choose a font, set the
color, and change text dimension.
When you finish these steps, a new
object will appear on your screen in the
current active color (as shown in the color
palette). This object can be independently
moved, resized, deleted, etc.
█ Creating an equation text string
TechPlot provides a simple equation
editor that can be used in combination
with text annotations of simple math
equations. Use the '\' (slash) character
as the control character. The following
list is the available control characters
for equation editor.
'u' 'U' move text up one unit
'd' 'D' move text down one unit
'f' 'F' move text forward one unit
'b' 'B' move text backward one unit
'l' 'L' enlarge font size by one unit
's' 'S' shrink font size by one unit
'o' 'O' change font to Bold
'g' 'G' change font to Gothic
'r' 'R' change font to Roman
'i' 'I' change font to Italic
'c' 'C' change font to Script
'n' 'N' change font to Sanserif
'x' 'X' change font to Simplex
'y' 'Y' change font to Symbol
'm' 'M' change font to Complex
For example, in order to create the
equation y=k*e^-c*(x-m)^2, you type
y=k*e\u\s-c*(x-m)\u\s2.