Re: [PyX-user] Choice of fonts

[Robert P. <rp...@po...>]

Hi all,

On Apr 27, 2007, at 10:45 AM, William Henney wrote:

> Hi
>
> On 4/27/07, Gert Ingold <ger...@ph...> wrote:
>> The reason for this behavior is that the labels are set in  
>> mathmode. If
>> you do not own Helvetica math fonts (as is the case for most of  
>> us, I guess)
>> you have to instruct PyX not to typeset labels in mathmode by  
>> specifying
>> the axis texter as follows:
>>
>>   texter=graph.axis.texter.decimal(labelattrs=[])
>>
>
> That is sort of OK for the example he gives, but if the axis range
> extends to negative values then the minus signs will not come out
> right....

I tried Gert's solution with an axis ranging over negative as well as  
positive values, and the minus signs look just fine.

Bob