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Subject: Re: Label problem
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 07:13:50 +0100
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On 20.02.2024 16:08, db wrote:
> On 20.02.2024 09.01, Jörg Buchholz wrote:
>> On 19.02.2024 14:11, db wrote:
>>> On 18.02.2024 23.00, Karl Ratzsch wrote:
>>>> Symbol fonts?
>>>> This is the year 2024, use utf8.
>>>>
>>>>      Karl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 18.02.2024 um 14:54 schrieb db:
>>>>> I am trying to get a ylabel like the LaTeX form $i\sqrt{\tau}$.
>>>>> Without the i it's easy, '{/Symbol \326 \164}' but as soon as
>>>>> introduce the i it goes haywire.
>>>>> How do get that label? I am plotting into postscript enh eps.
>>>>
>>> Could you expand on that? What should I do in a gnuplot
>>> script?
>>
>> set ylabel "{/:Italic {i \U+221A \U+0305\U+03C4}}"
>>
>> That looks similar to the LaTex output.
>>
>> Jörg
> Tried that, no good. I must bemissing something. Here is
> a mini-example
> 
> gnuplot << eoi
> set term postscript enh eps 24
> set output 'mini.eps'
> set xlabel "x"
> #set ylabel '{/Symbol i \326 \164}' norotate  --- no good
> #set ylabel '{i /Symbol \326 \164}' norotate  --- no good
> set ylabel "{/:Italic {i \U+221A \U+0305\U+03C4}}"
> plot x*sqrt(x) w p pt 7
> quit
> eoi
> gv mini.eps
> 
> What am I missing?--
> Dieter Britz
> 
 Use term epscairo instead of eps. The problem is to realise the
"topline" of the square root. So it can be better only use:
set ylabel "{/:Italic {i \U+221A \U+03C4}}"

Jörg