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From: Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.boffi@polimi.it>
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Subject: {/Symbol w} chooses letter omega fom DejaVu font, not Symbol
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:01:57 +0200
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this happens when i use the pdfcairo terminal, that uses the pango
library to render text

# cat test.gp
set term pdfcairo enhanced font "Utopia"
set out 'test.pdf'
set xlabel "{/Symbol w}t"
plot sin(x) t "sin({/Symbol w}t)"
set out
# fc-match symbol ; fc-match utopia
Symbol.pfb: "Symbol" "Regular"
putr8a.pfb: "Utopia" "Regular"
# pdffonts test.pdf 
name                         type              emb sub uni object ID
---------------------------- ----------------- --- --- --- ---------
TPHAFU+Utopia                Type 1            yes yes yes      5  0
KKVWMP+DejaVuSans            CID TrueType      yes yes yes      6  0
# 

is this a problem with gnuplot or a problem with pango? please help as
the symbol font that is used in my plots doesn't match very well with
the text font
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