re: Fonts in Plots
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: re: Fonts in Plots
- From: Paul=Rubin%Management%Business at banyan.cl.msu.edu
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 94 13:22:57 EDT
roman scoccimarro <erscocci at midway.uchicago.edu> wrote: >I would like to use greek letters (as well as roman letters) and >subindexes when labelling plots, is there any way to do that? Actually, I just answered the same question on sci.math.symbolic Friday. An economy of scale! :) Use FontForm to specify the label, and use the PostScript "Symbol" font to get Greek letters. Here's an example that labels the vertical axis "alpha": Plot[ x^2, {x, -5, 5}, AxesLabel -> {x, FontForm[ "a", {"Symbol", 10} ]} ] I'm not sure off-hand how you do sub/superscripts, but it can be done (as long as you're using PostScript for screen display and/or printing). If you can't do them with FontForm[], try PostScript[]. Of course, you'll have to know the equivalent characters to the Greek letters in Symbol font or the PS codes for subs and supers. ************************************************************************** * Paul A. Rubin Phone: (517) 336-3509 * * Department of Management Fax: (517) 336-1111 * * Eli Broad Graduate School of Management Net: RUBIN at MSU.EDU * * Michigan State University * * East Lansing, MI 48824-1122 (USA) * **************************************************************************