Re: Fonts

[<SPILLANE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Pam,
	It looks like you need to access the PlotPlus users manual to
answer a number of your questions.  You may be aware that a lot of the
graphics under ferret is done using a subset of the PlotPlus graphics
package.  In fact most of what PlotPlus can do is available in ferret
by following a ferret command (perhaps with /set to hold off making
the plot) with one or more "ppl" commands to modify the final result.
	For example the ferret command
		yes? plot/i=1:10 1/i
will produce a default y-axis from 0.1 to 1.1 . Suppose one wanted the
y-axis to extend from 0 to 2.  This would be done using
		yes? plot/i=1:10/set 1/i
		yes? ppl yaxis,0,2,0.1 ; ppl plot

There are numerous ppl commands available to customize your plots.  The
prime source of PlotPlus info is the PlotPlus Users Guide available on
line or for download as a .pdf file as

	ftp://ftp.pmel.noaa.gov/epic/manual-dir/pplus.pdf

An earlier version of this document, together with "Ferret-specific
PPLUS enhancements" are available at the Ferret Documentation site

	http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/Documentation/

For your specific question about fonts etc, look at Appendices B and C
of the PlotPlus Users Guide.  How to invoke a font is described on Page
44.  Sizing a label can be done with the "hlabs" command, but also worth
looking at is the %label command (Page 84) which allows you to position,
rotate, and size a label at one fell swoop.  For example

	yes? plot/i=1:10/set 1/i
	yes? ppl yaxis,0,2,0.1
	yes? ppl plot,@crDemo of ppl %label
	yes? ppl %label 5,1.5,0,45,0.2,@p2@cr45@sm16@crN,125@sm16@crW

Apologies for the wordy nature of this response but I hope the info may
prove useful to yourself and others.

Mick Spillane