On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 10:50:03AM -0700, Alan Irwin wrote: > On 2012-07-04 07:48-0700 phil rosenberg wrote: > > > The other item - and the item i was working on when I found the symbol font > > problem - is that wxWidgets doesn't have a symbol type > > and?because of this plplot uses the sans style when a symbol type is > > supplied in the fci.?Therefore there is currently no way to select > > any symbol font.?I also wanted to have a bit more control over the font > > selection, particularly for picking symbols for use in plotting. > > So I wondered if there was any appetite for a function in the API to set > > the font face by name? > > Actually, with plfreetype there is already a way to force PLplot to > use specific font files both at cmake time and also run time. There > is dated documented in > http://plplot.sourceforge.net/docbook-manual/plplot-html-5.9.9/characters.html > concerning these plfreetype capabilities. I know it is dated since > the references in there to ./configure options need to be changed to > the equivalent cmake options. Also, since it is dated I would suggest > you double-check the plfreetype code to make sure these font file > selection capabilities are still intact and work on Windows.
I've fixed up some of the more obvious obsolete references to ./configure to talk about cmake instead. Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
