When I have trouble getting the printed diagram to do as I wish I make a screen shot and save it as a .jpg That prints well from a number of programs and looks just as I want it to.
I don't use the ruler, I use the grid and pager breaks. Therefore, I have no idea what the ruler does under certain conditions. On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Zhang Weiwu <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael Ross 写道: > > But you can set the unit of measure for the fonts in the Preferences > > User Interface. Dia provides a lot of choices including picas, > > points, inches, and millimeters. I have not tried to print out a > > particular font and measure it for accuracy , but it looks OK. 12 > > point seems close to 12 point. > It is not my case. I am using Dia 0.97 on Ubuntu Linux 9.10, 24 point > font looks like 12 point, when zoom is 100%. I can send a screenshot on > request. There is another funny thing, if I export the graph to svg, it > looks in the browser as if it is zoomed to 200%: every thing bigger. So > if the svg export and browser are reliable, the zoom level of 100% > actually mean zoom to 200%, and I should always work on 50% zoom if I > intend to get svg output same big as I draw the graphs. > > > > However, if you alter the Page Setup/Scale to be other than 100% the > > font size is altered. A Page Setup Scale of 50% shrinks the image > > (not the paper) to 1/2 original size and therefore the font is half as > > large as well with respect to the paper. You can set the length unit > > to inches and the font size to something other than inches, this could > > be part of the problem. > It doesn't work for me. In preference I set measurement unit of font and > length both to points, and this change have no effect on the ruler (the > ruler is on the left and up part of the viewport). Besides, ordinary > text and UML chart seems to be using different font size unit. After > experiment, the UML chart at font size 1.0 looks same big as text object > at font size "27 pt". This actually hint me the measurement unit in UML > chart is cm, because 27pt is close to 1 cm (27/72*2.54=0.95 cm). I can > also send screenshot of this on request. > > > I can't explain the ugly font. > Yet the ugly font issue is not solved. I tried to set font of a text > object to Fixed at 10pt, thinking that no matter zoom is correct (100% > means 100%) or not (100% means 200%), the font at given size is > available without scaling, because Fixed have bitmap for both 10pt and > 20pt (told by xfontsel). Then I apply the property, the text object > change to junk text the same way as in my first screenshot. > > > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > -- Michael E. Ross NC Solar Center Test Laboratory ================================= (919) 513-0418 desk (919) 585-5118 etc [email protected] [email protected] ============================= NC Solar Center : www.ncsc.ncsu.edu Professional Directory : www.greenprofessionals.org "The information in this email is provided by the NC Solar Center at NCSU as a public service. The Solar Center strives to provide accurate information, but does not warrant or represent the accuracy, usefulness or reliability of this information. For specific advice, we always recommend that you consult with a professional in the appropriate profession for your needs." Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Record Law NCGS, Ch 132 and may be disclosed to third parties
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