Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: gernot.hoffmann@hs-emden-leer.de Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: question: printing an "umlaut" using /Times-Roman Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:00:07 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 31 Message-ID: <17004902.3464.1334174407837.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbhy1> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 92.77.9.66 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1334174408 21045 127.0.0.1 (11 Apr 2012 20:00:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:00:08 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=92.77.9.66; posting-account=CWqziAkAAAD3bjbnCjBNGlbdt8LT5-26 User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Received-Bytes: 2051 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.postscript:660 On Monday, March 26, 2012 9:06:05 AM UTC+2, arunchandra1954 wrote: > Hi, > > I need to print an "umlaut" at the bottom of a computer graphic, for > the artist's name. > > The graphic is pure (mostly simple) Postscript (PS-Adobe-2.0 > EPSF-2.0). > > Can I do so using a Times-Roman font? If so, how must I do so? > > In tables available on the web, I've found that the numeric character > should be \374 (an umlaut over the letter "u"). > However, when I try to print it like: > > /Times-Roman findfont 24 scalefont setfont > 0 0 moveto > (hello: \374) show > stroke > showpage > > I do not get the expected letter "u" with an umlaut above it. > > What am I doing wrong, and what is the right way to do it? > > Thanks very much for your help, > > Arun Chandra https://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.postscript/browse_thread/thread/4fd1477c66e89930/a85cbbcc74e385cd?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=ISOLatin1Encoding+Gernot+Hoffmann#a85cbbcc74e385cd