Re: [ROOT] Problems with seeing hatching/cross-hatching in ghostview (fwd)

From: Olivier Couet (couet@mail.cern.ch)
Date: Thu Nov 11 2004 - 17:28:19 MET


See:

http://couet.home.cern.ch/couet/root/ht09.html

Olivier


On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Claire Gwenlan wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> There is a problem I've had for a while now, in many different versions of 
> ROOT (although I am currently using v4.00/06). The problem is that when I 
> use a fill style, particular examples being hatching or cross-hatching 
> with:
> 
> h->SetFillStyle(3004)    for example,
> 
> 
> then although the hatching is clearly there on the plot (both on the 
> canvas and when I print the resulting postscript file out), when I 
> actually view the postscript, you can't see the hatching unless I switch 
> off anti-aliasing. I've never asked a question about it before because 
> usually I can work around it i.e. mostly I print it out and then there is 
> no problem. However, very soon similar plots need to be put in a paper and 
> so I realy need to be able to see the hatching even when anti-aliasing is 
> on since people reading the paper will, of course, not neccesarily kow to 
> do this.
> 
> I have never seen this difficulty in PAW. Is there something I can do to 
> sort it out e.g. is the postscript level of relevance?
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Claire
> 
> 

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