Re: eps to pdf terminal switch messes up my whole image.

merritt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 
> So cairo is obviously are not getting the right fonts.
> That is a system configuration issue, not something that
> can be fixed inside gnuplot.  

Thanks Ethan. Yes, I didn't mean to imply that. With its fairly large 
userbase I'm be confident gnuplot is OK and my config / installation is 
suspect. 

>You need to get that sorted out first.

Definately. Am trying hard! :)

> Or perhaps you can use svg?  Your sample plots look very suited to
> svg. 

I'll give that a shot. But svg does not seem very "hardcopy" oriented. I 
had the impression this was a vector format more suited to web-display. 
Or not?



> Actually, hold on a moment.
> Your message above implies that you asked for "Times,10"
> but the image in the URL is labeled "Helvitica,14"  (sic)
> So the font name is mis-spelled and the size may indeed be 14.

My bad. Let me explain the situation now that I've done a thorough 
testing to reproduce the exact errors:

http://tinyurl.com/4k2fw3

Apparantly I had the typo (Helvitica instead of the correct HelvEtica) 
all throughout my hundereds of scripts (damn!). Glad you spotted that 
Ethan. Why did gnuplot never complain? But the fonts rendered were always 
OK so I never noticed. 

Now I tested six cases (eps vs pdf and Times vs Helvitica vs HelvEtica ). 
I've again posted the images online: The gist is that all the eps 
terminal images look good whereas all the pdf terminal images look bad. 

So I find it hard to believe its  a font problem. What do you guys think?

Question: How do I find the "size" of my eps terminal. Ethan earlier used 

size 5in,3.5in for his pdf terminal. I don't know how to find what the 
corresponding setting was for my eps terminal. Maybe that's the key?

I'd appreciate any other sugesstions / tests people might recommend.

-- 
Rahul