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.TH textdetails PL "25-AUG-2004   PL ploticus.sourceforge.net"


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Virtually every ploticus attribute that produces text has an accompanying textdetails
specification for controlling appearance details such as point size, color, etc.
Text capabilities vary depending on what output format you're producing.  See
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.SH Examples
Prefab example: \fCtitledet="size=12  adjust=0,0.2"\fR
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Script example: \fCtitledetails: size=12  adjust=0,0.2\fR
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Note that settings are separated from each other by space, but settings
themselves contain no embedded whitespace.  Also, the entire specification
must be on one line.


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.SH Settings
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\fBsize\fR=\fIp\fR  
.IP \0
Point size of the text.  10 point is standard.  A point is 1/72th of an inch.

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\fBstyle\fR=\fIs\fR 
.IP \0
Style font variant.  \fIs\fR may be either
\fCB\fR for bold, \fCI\fR for italic, \fCBI\fR for bold-italic, 
or \fCR\fR for regular.  
Has an effect only in certain graphics environments and cannot be combined with
the \fBfont=\fR setting.

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\fBfont\fR=\fIfontname\fR
.IP \0
Use the font \fIfontname\fR.
Has an effect only in certain graphics environments and cannot be combined with
the \fBstyle=\fR subattribute.  See
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Spaces within \fIfontname\fR must be represented using a exlamation point symbol (!).

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\fBalign\fR=\fIa\fR  
.IP \0
Alignment or justification.  \fIa\fR may be either
\fCleft\fR, \fCcenter\fR, and \fCright\fR (use the whole word or just
the first letter, upper or lower case).

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\fBadjust\fR=\fIx,y\fR  
.IP \0
Vector adjustment in 
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\fBcolor\fR=
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.SH Illustration

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<a href="../doc/welcome.html">
<img src="../doc/ploticus.gif" border=0></a><br><small>data display engine &nbsp; <br>
<a href="../doc/Copyright.html">Copyright Steve Grubb</a>
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