Re: dashing the lines make the plot looks so bad
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg51817] Re: dashing the lines make the plot looks so bad
- From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:23:34 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
- References: <cm7ct4$lgi$1@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, on screen or in the printout by a PostScript printer ? Regards Jens "sean kim" <sean_incali at yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:cm7ct4$lgi$1 at smc.vnet.net... > for example, > > Show[Graphics[{AbsoluteDashing[{10, 5}], Line[{{0, 1}, > {1, 0}}], Thickness[0.02], AbsoluteDashing[{5, 10}], > Line[{{0, 0}, {1, 1}}]}]]; > > making it thicker shows the problem even more > severely. > > but it appears to me there is some kinda pattern... i > just don't know what it is. > > below shows this pattern (i think) of dashes showing > up rotated every so often. > > > > Needs["Graphics`Legend`"]; > Needs["Graphics`Colors`"]; > << Graphics`Graphics` > > Plot[{Sin[x], Cos[x]}, {x, 0, 5Pi}, PlotStyle -> {Red, > {Blue, Thickness[0.02] , AbsoluteDashing[{1, 10}]}}, > LegendLabel -> "this stuff \nlooks weird", PlotLegend > -> {"Sin", "Cos"}, LegendPosition -> {1.1, -.25}, > LegendShadow -> {0, 0}, ImageSize -> 500]; > > maybe if we get rid of the rotations, then the dashing > will improve in appearance. so... is that possible? > > thanks in advance for any insights > > sean > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com > >