Fw: style files for histograms

From: Valeri Fine (Faine) (fine@bnl.gov)
Date: Fri Oct 29 1999 - 21:47:34 MEST


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Art Poskanzer <AMPoskanzer@LBL.GOV>
To: starsoft <starsoft-l@bnl.gov>
Sent: 29 oct 1999. 15:05
Subject: style files for histograms


> The ROOT default style is fine when one person is looking at
> a graph. But when making transparencies to show to an
> audience or plots for a video conference, the features on
> the graphs have to be *larger*. I have made two macros,
> called boldStyle.C and videoStyle.C, for these purposes.
> Just execute one of these macros before making your ROOT
> plots. You can see examples at:
> 
> http://www.star.bnl.gov/STAR/html/comp_l/root/html/examples/boldStyle.C.html
> and
> http://www.star.bnl.gov/STAR/html/comp_l/root/html/examples/videoStyle.C.html
> .
> 
> Actually, the postscript versions of the graphs look better
> than the screen or gif versions. Thus I recommend using
> ghostview or printing your graphs as a final check.
> 
> The macros can be downloaded at

> http://www.star.bnl.gov/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/StRoot/macros/graphics/videoStyle.C
> http://www.star.bnl.gov/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/StRoot/macros/graphics/boldStyle.C

> 
> Please send me your improvements and I will update the cvs
> versions.
> 
> Art Poskanzer
> 



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