Re: png: selecting builtin font impossible?

[Manfred S. <man...@gm...>]

> On Wednesday 18 February 2009 05:13:09 Manfred Schwarb wrote:
> >
> > your change in term/png.trm of
> > "revision 1.130, Thu Nov 20 06:14:41 2008 UTC" set "arial" as the
> > font default.
> > 
> > Now, I can't select the builtin fonts any more.
> > I tried
> > "set term png small"
> > "set term png small font small"
> > "set term png font small"
> > 
> > but I always get Arial as the selected font.
> > How to select the builtin fonts?
> 
> Why would you ever want to?
> 


1) Because I want to be able to shoot myself into the foot?

2) Because I don't want blurred text in an otherwise unblurred
   plot? I really want terminal-font quality in a pixel plot.
   Otherwise I would use vector output (i.e. ps-terminal) and
   convert the resulting vector plot into png. This way I would
   get homogeneous "blurring".
   So for me the question is really 
   "Why would you ever want to NOT to?" (for a pixel terminal).

3) For 90 degree rotated text, font quality for non-builtin
   fonts is really bad. I can send examples if you like.

4) If you want to produce light-weight plots for e.g. web applications
   (i.e. the fewer bytes the better) you really want to avoid
   such truetype fonts.

> Font problems are the most common cause for complaint or requested
> support with regard to the png terminal.  Neither enhanced text nor
> internationalization work with the built-in fonts.  The rationale
> for the change you point to was to make it as hard as possible to
> end up with the built-in fonts.  I consider them as only a last
> resort to be used in desperation.
> 

Hmm, setting the default is one thing. Taking away the choice is
another thing. 

Cheers,
Manfred



> Having said that, I would think you could defeat the search for
> arial.ttf by clearing the GDFONTPATH environmental variable.
> And you can certainly set the default font to something other than
> arial.  For example, if you want a mono-spaced font you could set
> GNUPLOT_DEFAULT_GDFONT to Courier (postscript font)
> or couri (ttf equivalent).
> 
> -- 
> Ethan A Merritt

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