Re: [changeset] print.m (matlab compatibility)

[Marco Atzeri]

--- Mar 10/3/09, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> ha scritto:

> Da: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> Oggetto: Re: [changeset] print.m (matlab compatibility)
> A: "John W. Eaton" <address@hidden>
> Cc: "octave maintainers mailing list" <address@hidden>
> Data: Martedì 10 marzo 2009, 00:58
> 

> 
> > | To produce expected results for objects with the
> fontname "*",
> > | gnuplot_drawnow() will substitute the same default
> as used by gnuplot
> > | itself, or when there are no standard gnuplot
> defaults, will favor
> > | Helvetica (for consistency with Matlab).
> > 
> > Then why does your changeset use Arial?
> 
> Using png, Helvetica did not work for me, but Arial does.
> 
> > jwe
> 
> 

gnuplot needs a true helvetica font for the conversion
to a picture.

Try to copy Helvetica.ttf on /usr/share/fonts/TTF
This is my solution on cygwin.

Probably for plots on X, X-server makes the translation from 
Helvetica to something like Arial and no one notice the 
absence of the Helvetica font.

Regards
Marco





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