Re: [Gnuplot-info] using TTF fonts with SVG terminal

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

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Kevin Klein <kk...@gm...> wrote:
> How do I use TTF fonts that I have downloaded in an output .svg file?  I
> was reading the svg help page here:
>
> http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/docs_4.2/node421.html

That document is for gnuplot version 4.2, which is now at least 6 years
out of date.

> How do I correctly use true type fonts in an svg terminal?

So far as I know, that is not possible in any of the normal svg viewers.
The limitation is not on the gnuplot end, it is a matter of what the svg
viewing program can handle.

The current documentation (gnuplot versions 4.6 and 5.0) says:
%%%
  SVG allows you to embed fonts directly into an SVG document, or to
  provide a hypertext link to the desired font. The `fontfile` option
  specifies a local file which is copied into the <defs> section of the
  resulting SVG output file.  This file may either itself contain a font,
  or may contain the records necessary to create a hypertext reference to
  the desired font. Gnuplot will look for the requested file using the
  directory list in the GNUPLOT_FONTPATH environmental variable.
  NB: You must embed an svg font, not a TrueType or PostScript font.
%%%