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From: fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu
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Subject: Re: Multiplot XLN - strange lables on y axis
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Date: 26 Apr 91 04:42:13 GMT
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>
> I've been looking at Multiplot XLN(d) - from FF 467(?).
> Nice program, but the Y axis labels have junk in them.  I'm running
> on a 6M A3000 under 2.0.  Everything seems fine, except that the
> Y axis labels are ALWAYS printed vertically, with each letter followed
> by 4 junk characters.
>
> For example, if the label is "Counts", it will be printed like:
>
>       C@#$$
>       o$#@@
>       u@#$$
>       n#$%%
>       t@#$%
>       s@#$%
>
> where the !@#$%% characters represent assorted (random???) non-alphanum
> characters - which show up as junk.
>
> Does anyone know how to avoid this?  If not, does it show up in the
> printouts?  I don't have the proper POSTSCRIPT fonts on my amiga so
> POST 1.5 just shows blobs there.  I'd really like to use this program
> to generate plots (like for a thesis or something...) but if it outputs
> junk I'll have to look elsewhere for my plotting...
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> --
> jgh1@unix.cis.pitt.edu
>
>       ... A wild display of pig farmers gone berserk
>

Weird...I haven't seen that problem at all. Did you define the Y label like
this?:
*YLABEL* whatever

Yes, Multiplot does print Y labels vertically, but that doesn't bother me. I
tested it against the Mac CRICKET GRAPH, and it compares very favorably.
About the only thing it doesn't do is give you more than two printout sizes,
but you can export DRAW and bring it into Pagestream...

                                                --Rick Wrigley
                                                fhwri@conncoll.bitnet
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