Re: Problem with WMF
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- Subject: [mg14095] Re: Problem with WMF
- From: "P.J. Hinton" <paulh>
- Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 03:15:21 -0400
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On 22 Sep 1998, Hans Staugaard Nielsen wrote:
> I am trying to export the following graph as a windows metafile (WMF)
>
> p1=Plot[{Sin[x],Sin[x+Sin[x]]},{x,0,2Pi},
> AspectRatio->Automatic,
> Ticks->{{0,\[Pi]/2,\[Pi],3\[Pi]/2,2\[Pi]},Automatic},
> TextStyle->{FontFamily->"Times",FontSize->10}
> ]
>
> (i) when using Copy as Metafile from the menu, the curves are of very
> poor quality (not smooth). Why?
I'm not sure why this is happening. You may want to send this example
to Technical Support <support at wolfram.com> so that they can forward it
to our development group.
> (ii) when using
>
> Display["c:\\tmp\\graph.wmf",p1,"Metafile",
> ImageSize->{5*72,5*72*FullOptions[p1,AspectRatio]}
> ]
>
> the curves look fine but the fonts change into a sans serif font (like
> Helvetica). Why?
What release of Mathematica 3.0 are you using? If you're not sure,
evaluate the following expression in a notebook
$ReleaseNumber
If it evaluates to "0", then you may want to review the following FAQ.
http://www.wolfram.com/support/Graphics/Formats/psrender/FontLimits.html
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P.J. Hinton
Mathematica Programming Group paulh at wolfram.com Wolfram
Research, Inc. http://www.wolfram.com/~paulh/
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