Re: [Gnuplot-info] Which Symbol font in Postscript terminal?

[Ethan M. <eam...@gm...>]

I think there is a misunderstanding inherent in your question.  When
gnuplot produces a PostScript file (including *.eps), by default it simply
writes "Symbol" as a requested font name.  The choice of what font is
actully used to satisfy this request is made by the program that renders
the file.  Gnuplot has no control over this.

You do have the option of embedding a font in the file produced by gnuplot.
  This is done using the "fontfile <fontfilename>" option to "set term
post".  However, you still have to make sure that you indeed provide a file
that is the true Adobe Symbol font using Adobe's special symbol encoding,
rather than some other font that just happens to be named "Symbol".



On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Nunzio Losacco <nun...@gm...>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am wondering which Symbol font the Postscript terminal is using. I am
> producing .eps files and importing them in MS Word for Mac (the journal I'm
> submitting my paper to only accepts manuscripts in MS Word) and the Symbol
> characters sometimes disappear when the file is printed in PDF during the
> submission procedure. Thus I think the only option to get always a good
> result is to embed the fonts in the file through "fontfile add", which is
> what I currently do with other fonts. But how do I know which fonts in my
> system are called by the "Symbol" alias in  gnuplot?
> Can you help me with that?
>
> Regards,
>
> N.
>
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