Re: typesetting problem in Mathematica3 / NT
- To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg11096] Re: typesetting problem in Mathematica3 / NT
- From: Allan Hayes <hay@haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 14:55:22 -0500
- References: <6cg1hg$r21@smc.vnet.net>
calvitti@boes.ces.cwru.edu wrote:
>
> I'm having a frustrating time trying to typeset with PlotLabel.
> specifically, the command
>
> Show[GraphicsArray[grArray,
> PlotLabel->FontForm["Some Plot Label",{"Times-Bold",12}]]]
>
> results in "Some Plot Label" getting all garbled up - the characters
> being both displayed and printed on top of each other (strings that
> contain no spaces don't have this problem).
>
> grArray is a {3,2} matrix of plots which themselves contain PlotLabel
> commands and there are problems even within these nested plots: for
> example, one label is the string "L3 (reference)" which displays
> normally on the screen but prints out as "L3 HreferenceL" (without the
> quotes).
>
> I know that FontForm has been superceded by StyleForm, but I tried that
> as well with the same bad results. I've even tried several font and
> size combinations just to see if that was the culprit, but no luck.
>
> Anyone know if this is a known bug in Mathematica 3.0 under WinNT 4.0 or
> is there something I'm missing?
>
> Thanks for the info,
>
> +---------------------------------+
> | Alan Calvitti |
> | Systems and Control Engineering |
> | Autonomous Robotics Group |
> | Case Western Reserve University |
> +---------------------------------+
Alan,
Both the following work fine with 3.01 on my Mac
In[1]:=
Show[GraphicsArray[{p1,p2}],
PlotLabel->FontForm["Some Plot Label",{"Times-Bold",12}]]
In[2]:=
Show[GraphicsArray[{p1,p2}],
PlotLabel->StyleForm["Some Plot Label",
FontFamily->"Times-Bold",
FontSize ->12]
]
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