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bug #42320: Symbols don't show in pdf when using fltk

Submitter:  Dimitris <dbab>
Submitted:  Thu 08 May 2014 02:49:01 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Plotting with OpenGL Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Incorrect Result
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  db Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * 3.8.1 Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Wed 14 Oct 2015 09:43:58 PM UTC, comment #4: 

I pushed a patch that fixes this issue:

http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/4e47e10d5279

Greek letters and tex symbols are now replaced by the corresponding character in the Symbol font before printing.

Closing report.

Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo>
Group Member
Mon 13 Apr 2015 09:03:19 PM UTC, comment #3: 

The poor man's workaround is to use the "Symbol" font. Obviously this won't work on-screen as "Symbol" is a pdf/postcript font and you can't mix this with other fonts:

clf;
text (0.5, 0.5, 'g', 'fontname', 'Symbol');
print tst.pdf

Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo>
Group Member
Fri 15 Aug 2014 04:10:16 PM UTC, comment #2: 

This is a known issue.  The OpenGL backend has an onscreen renderer for TeX labels, but the backend print engine gl2ps does not.

Simple code showing the problem:


clf;
text (0.5, 0.5, '\gamma');
print tst.pdf



Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Thu 08 May 2014 03:04:49 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Sorry there should be a backslash before pm and before Delta.That is:

plot([1 2],[1 2])
text(1.1,1.1,'\pm\Delta')

print -dpdfwrite test.pdf
print -deps test.eps
print -dpng test.png

Dimitris <dbab>
Thu 08 May 2014 02:49:01 PM UTC, original submission:  

Using symbols in fltk, like plus-minus or the greek Delta, will show on screen, but can't be saved in pdf, eps of png. To replicate:

plot([1 2],[1 2])
text(1.1,1.1,'pmDelta')

print -dpdfwrite test.pdf
print -deps test.eps
print -dpng test.png

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2016-05-13 mtmiller Dependencies- bugs #47907 is dependent
    2015-10-14 pantxo StatusConfirmed Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2015-02-24 mtmiller Dependencies- bugs #36943 is dependent
    2014-08-18 rik5 Dependencies- bugs #43019 is dependent
    2014-08-15 rik5 StatusNone Confirmed
    2014-08-15 rik5 Dependencies- bugs #42988 is dependent
    2014-05-30 mtmiller Dependencies- bugs #42436 is dependent
    2014-05-12 rik5 Dependencies- bugs #42340 is dependent
    2014-05-08 dbab Attached File- Added screenshot.png, #31337
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