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Problem with WMF (nearly) solved

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• Subject: [mg14182] Problem with WMF (nearly) solved
• From: Hans Staugaard Nielsen <hsn at mi.aau.dk>
• Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:42:17 -0400
• Organization: University of Aarhus, Department of Computer Science (DAIMI)
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I wrote:

> I wrote:
>
> > I am trying to export the following graph as a windows metafile (WMF)
> >
> >   p1=Plot[{Sin[x],Sin[x+Sin[x]]},{x,0,2Pi},
> >           AspectRatio->Automatic,
> >           Ticks->{{0,\[Pi]/2,\[Pi],3\[Pi]/2,2\[Pi]},Automatic},
> >           TextStyle->{FontFamily->"Times",FontSize->10}
> >          ]
> >
> > (i) when using Copy as Metafile from the menu, the curves are of very
> > poor
> > quality (not smooth). Why?
> >
> > (ii) when using
> >
> >   Display["c:\\tmp\\graph.wmf",p1,"Metafile",
> >           ImageSize->{5*72,5*72*FullOptions[p1,AspectRatio]}
> >          ]
> >
> > the curves look fine but the fonts change into a sans serif font (like
> > Helvetica). Why?
> >
> > I hope someone knows the answers.
> >
> > Hans
> >
> > p.s.There could be typos i the code as i am writing from memory. p.p.s
> > My system is a P90 Win95 comp. running v3.0.1.1 student version ,and my
> > target programs are Word 97 and Scientific WorkPlace 3.0.
>
> Regarding (ii)
> I found out that using the build in picture editor in Word 97, I can see
> which font the offending text is set in. It turns out to be the font
> Utopia, which is far as I know is a sort of Postscript font, and not a
> true type font as it is supposed to be. So i seems like I have run into
> a font substitution problem, I have tried resetting to default,
> re-installing mathematica, and I tried changing the settings for font
> substitution in the object inspector, but with no result. Heelp!
>
> I also discovered that changing the line
>
>    TextStyle->{FontFamily->"Times",FontSize->10}
>
> to
>
>    TextStyle->{FontFamily->"Times New Roman",FontSize->10}
>
> got me an error from psrender. I have a hunch that this is linked to the
> font substitution problem.
> Any help would be greatly appriciated.
>
> Hans

I finally fixed the problem. The WMF file asked for Utopia TTF, so i
from the web (lots to be found), imported the Times New Roman TTF,
renamed it Utopia, saved it (calling it something other than Times New
Roman), and then installed the `new'  TTF.
And then, somewhat to my surprise, it works!

But. This still does not solve the problem of the poor quality of the
curves when doing a simple
cut and paste, a procedure much more convenient.

thanks for the help

Hans

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