** File: TPPlot4.hlp
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** Plot View's Font Menu commands


Û  Font menu

    TechPlot provides 9 scalable vector
fonts:

        bold

        complex

        gothic

        italic

        roman

        script

        sanserif

        simplex

        symbol


Û  PostScript printer fonts:

    When save or print graphs, if you have
selected "Use printer font" option in the
Select Printing Mode dialog box, TechPlot
will use printer fonts.  The following
table shows the assignment of TechPlot's
fonts to PostScript fonts.

    TechPlot Font    PostScript Font

       Bold         Helvetica+Italic

       Complex      Roman

       Gothic       Bookman

       Italic       Roman+Italic

       Roman        Palatino

       Script       ITC Zapf Chancery-
                      Medium Italic

       Sanserif     Helvetica

       Simplex      Courier

       Symbol       Symbol

    When any of the TechPlot's font is set
with Thick Line option, it will become the
corresponding PostScript font with bold
option.  For example,

    Complex + Thick Line = Roman + Bold.


Û  LaserJet printer fonts:

    For LaserJet II series, there is only
one font assignment to printer font.  The
TechPlot's Simplex font is assigned to
LaserJet II's Courier font.

    For LaserJet III series, there are five
fonts assigned with TechPlot's vector fonts.  
Tip:  For better quality graphics output on
LaserJet printers,

  1) try to use printer fonts as possible;

  2) turn on the Thick Line option for
    TechPlot's vector fonts.

    The following table shows the
assignment of TechPlot's fonts to
LaserJet III fonts.

    TechPlot Font	   LaserJet III Font

      Sanserif         Helvetica

      Bold             Helvetica + Italic

      Roman            Time Roman

      Italic           Time Roman + Italic

      Simplex          Courier

    For Complex, Gothic, Script, and Symbol
fonts, the original TechPlot's vector fonts
are used.


Û  Add text object

    To add a text object, perform the
following steps:

  þ Move the mouse (or emulated mouse) to
    the text tool in the tool box and click
    the mouse button.

  þ Move the mouse to the client area and
    position it at the starting position of
    the place where you want the object to
    be drawn.

  þ Press the mouse button and drag to an
    ending position then release.  The Text
    Format dialog box will be displayed.
    In this dialog box, you can type in the
    text string, choose a font, set the
    color, and change text dimension.

    When you finish these steps, a new
object will appear on your screen in the
current active color (as shown in the color
palette).  This object can be independently
moved, resized, deleted, etc.


Û  Creating an equation text string

    TechPlot provides a simple equation
editor that can be used in combination
with text annotations of simple math
equations.  Use the '\' (slash) character
as the control character.  The following
list is the available control characters
for equation editor.

     'u' 'U'	move text up one unit

     'd' 'D'  move text down one unit

     'f' 'F'  move text forward one unit

     'b' 'B'  move text backward one unit

     'l' 'L'  enlarge font size by one unit

     's' 'S'  shrink font size by one unit

     'o' 'O'  change font to Bold

     'g' 'G'  change font to Gothic

     'r' 'R'  change font to Roman

     'i' 'I'  change font to Italic

     'c' 'C'  change font to Script

     'n' 'N'  change font to Sanserif

     'x' 'X'  change font to Simplex

     'y' 'Y'  change font to Symbol

     'm' 'M'  change font to Complex

    For example, in order to create the
equation y=k*e^-c*(x-m)^2, you type
y=k*e\u\s-c*(x-m)\u\s2.

