Re: Font size in plot coordinates?
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- Subject: [mg92430] Re: Font size in plot coordinates?
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:51:27 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
Hi,
try:
Graphics[{Text[Style["Fixed Size", FontSize -> 12], {1, 1}],
Text[Style["Scaled Size", FontSize -> Scaled[0.1]], {0, 0}]}]
and look what happen when you rescale the graphics.
Regards
Jens
Szabolcs Horvat wrote:
> The font size can be specified in absolute units (in this case the font
> size won't change while resizing the graphic), or in scaled units, as a
> fraction of the width of the graphic.
>
> I am plotting variable-width, but fixed height graphics, where it is
> important that the size of text stay constant compared to the size of
> other objects.
>
> Is there a way to either specify the font size in plot coordinates (so
> that the text would scale with the graphic, but would be independent of
> the plot range), or to specify the font size as a function of the
> graphic's height (not width)?
>
> I know that I have the option of converting the letters to outlines (by
> exporting to pdf, then importing). Is there a better solution than this?
>