Hi Marco,
I see some slight differences (using 3.02/03) between the screen and ps
outputs.
It is extremely difficult to get a perfect match because the fonts
used are not identical.
Rene Brun
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Marco van Leeuwen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> While doing some serious plotting, I found that the outlining of
> superscripts and subscripts in the Times font is not quite satisfactory.
> The funny thing is that it looks fine on the screen (when using TrueType
> fonts at least), but in the printout it is a bit messed up. The effect
> seems to have something to do with the length of the text printed. This
> bit of code should demonstrate it:
>
> {{
> TCanvas::MakeDefCanvas();
> TLatex *L=new TLatex();
> L->SetTextSize(0.1);
> L->SetTextFont(132);
> L->DrawLatex(0.1,0.8,"V c^{-2}");
> L->DrawLatex(0.1,0.7,"eV c^{-2}");
> L->DrawLatex(0.1,0.6,"GeV c^{-2}");
> L->DrawLatex(0.1,0.5,"gev c^{-2}");
> L->DrawLatex(0.1,0.4,"gevc^{-2}");
> c1->Print();
> }}
>
> Have a look at c1.ps to see that the longer the line, the more the
> exponent (-2) is shifted to the left. At least, on my system: RedHat
> 6.1/6.2 and ROOT 3.31/06. I can imagine that it is difficult to get the
> sizing right in all cases, but if someone could have a look at it, I
> would be very grateful.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marco.
>
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