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| From | James Waldby <not@valid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot |
| Subject | Re: {/Symbol w} chooses letter omega from DejaVu font, not Symbol |
| Date | 2011-06-24 15:19 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <iu29te$g23$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <8639izzgx6.fsf@aiuole.stru.polimi.it> |
On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:01:57 +0200, Giacomo Boffi wrote:
[re letter omega being taken from DejaVu font, not Utopia]
> 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?
Apparently neither. From following link it appears that Utopia doesn't
include Greek letters.
<http://code.google.com/p/evristika/issues/detail?id=5>
> please help as the symbol font that is used in my plots doesn't
> match very well with the text font
True. I see that output from
set term pdfcairo enhanced font "DejaVu"
is self-consistent, but perhaps you don't like that font.
--
jiw
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{/Symbol w} chooses letter omega fom DejaVu font, not Symbol Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.boffi@polimi.it> - 2011-06-24 12:01 +0200
Re: {/Symbol w} chooses letter omega from DejaVu font, not Symbol James Waldby <not@valid.invalid> - 2011-06-24 15:19 +0000
Re: {/Symbol w} chooses letter omega fom DejaVu font, not Symbol James Waldby <not@valid.invalid> - 2011-06-24 16:10 +0000
Re: {/Symbol w} chooses letter omega fom DejaVu font, not Symbol Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.boffi@polimi.it> - 2011-06-25 14:44 +0200
Re: {/Symbol w} chooses letter omega fom DejaVu font, not Symbol James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> - 2011-07-02 14:39 -0400
Re: {/Symbol w} chooses letter omega fom DejaVu font, not Symbol Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.boffi@polimi.it> - 2011-07-25 22:44 +0200
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