{\cal F} in gnuplot

[RENZONI_FERRUCCIO]

Hi All,

I am using gnuplot with "set term enhanced post". I would like to have in
a label what in LaTeX would be ${\cal F}$. How can I do that?

Please e-mail to me directly.

Thanks a lot
Ferruccio

[Hans-Bernhard Broeker]

In article <Pine.VMS.3.91-b11-vms.1...@alpha5.physnet.uni-hamburg.de> you wrote:
> I am using gnuplot with "set term enhanced post". I would like to have in
> a label what in LaTeX would be ${\cal F}$. How can I do that?

Two ways:

1) use the 'pslatex' terminal driver, so you can write TeX in to you label
strings directly.

2) Find a PostScript font like the one used by LaTeX's \cal and use that.

--
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (bro...@physik.rwth-aachen.de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

[Prof. Jerry Place]

There is a third option that I find useful. I use the \psfrag
macro to replace strings in a Postscript plot produced by GNUplot.

Suppose your GNUplot label was ``F'' and you wanted it to be {\cal
F}. The following \psfrag call accomplishes that:

\begin{figure}
\psfrag{F}{ {\cal F}}
\includegraphics{plot.eps}
\caption{ ... }
\end{figure}

\psfrag is part of most LaTeX distributions and I use it a great
deal on my Linux system. An Internet search for psfrag will return
ample documentation plus the latest version.

-- Jerry Place
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[Carsten Aust]

Referring to Hans-Bernhard Broeker:
> In article <Pine.VMS.3.91-b11-vms.1...@alpha5.physnet.uni

-hamburg.de> you wrote:
> > I am using gnuplot with "set term enhanced post". I would like to have in
> > a label what in LaTeX would be ${\cal F}$. How can I do that?
>
> Two ways:

> 1) ....

> 2) Find a PostScript font like the one used by LaTeX's \cal and use that.

The PostScript font ZapfChancery-MediumItalic seems to be a good choice and
is available for most systems.
Usage:
set label 'F' at 0.5,0.5 font 'ZapfChancery-MediumItalic,12'

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[Mauro Copelli]

I would reinforce a previous suggestion: give "psfrag" a
try. I've used it before, it works beautifully! (just
remember to look at the final PostScript file, the changes
will *NOT* show up in the dvi viewer!).

Regards,

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Mauro Copelli