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From: db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Label problem
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:25:25 +0100
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On 21.02.2024 07.13, Jörg Buchholz wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
That only turns the plot on its side, but still the same
garbled y label.
-- 
Dieter Britz