Re: [Plplot-general] hershey chars at 5.6.1

[Valery P. <pi...@is...>]

Hello Alan,

Thanks for the quick help!
> I get a slightly different result with the CVS version of PLplot: #(2229)
> (vertical bar)
Yes it is also works for me. I wanted to  refer the char #(2104) for 
differential
> works okay, but #(2053) (italic upper case C) does not. 
>
> To solve the problem I suggest you use -drvopt text=0 which enforces
> Hershey fonts in all cases. 
where should I place this option? Can I use plparseopts?
> For new plots I suggest you abandon -dev psc and use -dev psttfc instead.
I found psttf drivers are problematic to use. 
pllab("TIME,
[YR]", "[Wb#u2#d]","#(2412)#(2229)h#d#(2053)#u#(2229)#(2104)V#dCZ#u")
gives quite ugly results for ps file. The characters itself  look very well 
but there combination does not.

Another problem for me with the collor ps drivers that I could not find the 
simple way to get the black color (with white background). 
For plplot5.3.1 in yplot I find that  plscol0,1,1,1,1 gives the perfectly 
black color. However its python conterpart  plscol0(1,1,1,1) gives gray 
color.
  
> You then are allowed to specify the labels and symbols with either UTF8
> strings or else the #[nnn] 
However the proposed table of characters is not as complete as the Hershey 
table.

best regards,
Valery