Re: Rotated text not appearing in a Plot
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- Subject: [mg118197] Re: Rotated text not appearing in a Plot
- From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:34:00 -0400 (EDT)
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Am 15.04.2011 09:54, schrieb J. McKenzie Alexander:
> Hello,
>
> When I evaluate the following, the first two text items from the Epilog appear but the third, for some reason, does not. I'm working on an i7 iMac, running 10.6.7, Mathematica version 8.0.1, and I was wondering if this was a general bug or a version-specific bug.
>
> Plot[Log[x], {x, 1, 1000000},
> Epilog -> {
> Text["Appears normally", {500000, 12}],
> Rotate[Text["Appears normally", {500000, 12}], Pi/2, {500000, 12}],
> Rotate[Text["Doesn't appear", {500000, 12}], Pi/4, {500000, 12}]
> }
> ]
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jason
>
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> Dr J. McKenzie Alexander
> Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
> London School of Economics and Political Science
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...and it comes worse :-(
try:
Manipulate[
Plot[Log[x], {x, 1, 1000000},
Epilog -> {Blue,
Rotate[Text["looks strange", {500000, 12}], \[Alpha], {500000,
12}]}], {\[Alpha], 0, 4*^-5, 1.*^-6}]
these tiny angles shouldn't have any visible effect, but the text turns
by almost Pi/2 and distorts.
Peter