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Re: xfig2.1.6: problems with using multiple fonts

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From: Tim Veatch
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:47
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chris@luchs (Christian Forst) writes:

>When I try to write text in xfig and want to use different fonts or just try
>to apply indizes - placing appropriate sized characters by hand - the
>layout I see on the screen and what I get when printed differs tremendous.
>The position of the charakters on the screen have nothing to do with the
>position I get on the paper. Even when zooming in xfig I get different
>positions.

This is what I get from the xfig man page:
> BUGS
>      Text strings will appear differently on hard  copy,  because
>      the display fonts are fixed-width fonts while the fonts used
>      by the typesetter systems are variable-width fonts.
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