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Article #758Re: xfig2.1.6: problems with using multiple fonts
From: Tim Veatch
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:47
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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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!relay.cs.toronto.edu!neat.cs.toronto.edu!cs.toronto.edu!veatch Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps From: veatch@cs.toronto.edu (Tim Veatch) Subject: Re: xfig2.1.6: problems with using multiple fonts Message-ID: <93Jan12.174640est.47643@neat.cs.toronto.edu> Sender: Timothy R Veatch <veatch@cs.toronto.edu> Organization: University of Toronto References: <1993Jan12.151936.24388@newssrv.edvz.univie.ac.at> Fake-Sender: "Tim Veatch" <veatch@cs.toronto.edu> Distribution: na Date: 12 Jan 93 22:47:00 GMT Lines: 16