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- From: envbvs@epb11.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
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- Subject: Re: xfig2.1.6: problems with using multiple fonts
- Date: 12 Jan 1993 17:10:20 GMT
- Organization: lbl
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- |> When I try to write text in xfigand want to use different fonts or just try
- |> to apply indizes - placing appropriate sized characters by hand - the
- |> layout I see on the screen and what I get when printed differs tremendous.
- |> The position of the charakters on the screen have nothing to do with the
- |> position I get on the paper. Even when zooming in xfig I get different
- |> positions.
- |> I use: xfig2.1.6 with transscript2.1.6
- |> cc at a SunSPARC 2 with SunOS 4.1.1
- |> Postscript Fonts and Postscript-printout
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- Please read the manual pages about fonts and xfig. xfig only has available
- to it the fonts that the X server provides. Sometimes it will have to pick
- one that is only CLOSE to the size you choose. However, when you print the
- figure (at least on a Postscript printer) it will give you the "real" size.
-
- Thus, hand positioning for superscripts, etc., is problematic.
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- Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
- I don't speak for LBL; they don't pay me enough for that.
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