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Re: point type - hexagon/user-defined

From	nilay <nilaybhatt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Subject	Re: point type - hexagon/user-defined
Date	2012-06-10 21:15 -0700
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On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 9:06:33 PM UTC+5:30, sfeam wrote:
> nilay wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I want to plot my data points with hexagon point-type.
> > This shape is not listed in the standard point-type list.
> > How can I define it and use it?
> 
> There is no general mechanism for defining new point shapes,
> although it can be done for some terminals (e.g. PostScript).
> 
> However for a hexagon in particular you can use the
> following trick, assuming you have a font with the appropriate
> character.
> 
> HEX = "⬢"	# unicode point 0x2B22 BLACK HEXAGON
>            	# UTF-8: 0xE2 0xAC 0xA2
> 
> plot foo using 1:2:(HEX) with labels

Thanks for the reply.
How to use unicode or UTF ? 
how to know which point-type no. gives 
hexagon in postscript???

Thanks again.

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point type - hexagon/user-defined nilay <nilaybhatt@gmail.com> - 2012-06-04 23:22 -0700
  Re: point type - hexagon/user-defined sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> - 2012-06-05 08:36 -0700
    Re: point type - hexagon/user-defined nilay <nilaybhatt@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 21:15 -0700

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