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Re: Plots for publishing

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• Subject: [mg54607] Re: [mg54585] Plots for publishing
• From: "David Annetts" <davidannetts at aapt.net.au>
• Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 03:21:11 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Lawrence 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: LBoogie [mailto:lwalker701 at earthlink.net] 
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 February 2005 19:12
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg54607] [mg54585] Plots for publishing
> 
> Do anyone have suggestions for preparing plots in Mathematica 
> for publishing in Publicon?
> I need to prepare non-color plots for a journal.  In some 
> journals, authors put the legend info in the caption.  For 
> instance, the symbol for data markers are embedded in the 
> caption text.  How do I do this efficiently?  The Legend[] 
> feature creates legends that are too large for plots that are 
> 3"x3" so I prefer to place the legend info in the caption 
> text.  Is there a better way?

I don't know whether it's "better", but you can construct a legend using
graphics primitives & PlotSymbol[].  You can also resize & reposition the
legend (using LegendSize & LegendPosition).  You might be able to reduce the
legend size by using a mnemonic in the key which you can refer to in the
text.  

You might also get some inspiration from Tufte's books
(http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/)

Regards,

Dave.



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