Questions relating to different typefaces and their use in various Mathematica outputs, including graphics, notebooks and exported output.
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Default FontFamily for PlotLabel
This is probably a rather basic question and I presume I am simply unable to make proper use of the Options[] function: I am trying to figure out what the default ...
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Setting OperatorSubstitution to False has issues with PDF and EPS exports. Are these bugs?
In Plot, I would like to use my own font, eg Inconsolata, for operators such as ×, so I set OperatorSubstitution to ...
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A Symbol with Subscript and Superscript as an Axis Label
I am trying to have the symbol $\epsilon_{9/2,4}^-$ as the axis label in a graph in Mathematica. First problem is that: when I use Subscript[$\epsilon$,9/2,4], 9/2 changes to $\frac{9}{2}$ (which I ...
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Why ImportString[ExportString[, “PDF”], “PDF”] sometimes gives an extra point
Consider this code:
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Font size in PlotLegends, using Table to generate the list in the legend
I am currently trying to get to graph with several functions as below. My problem is that I cannot change the font size in the legend (authomatically generated numbers by "Table" function). This code ...
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Is it possible to embed fonts in a .cdf?
I am trying to use a special font with musical symbols in a .cdf that I send to some friends. The font is called "Tempera" and is freely distributed here:
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Making axis numbers larger on Mathematica plot
I want the numbers along the axis to be larger than the default value. Can this be done?
The reason I am asking is because I frequently make charts in Mathematica and use them in Word. I export ...
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Font sizes in graphics
I'm trying to find an explanation for the different sizes I'm seeing for fonts added to graphics in different ways, and haven't yet located an easy to understand explanation. Here's a minimal ...
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Font size in PDF export with legended plots not working
I need to export plots as PDF with a given image and font size. Everything is working fine if there is no legend for that plot. However, if I want to export legended plots, the font size is decreased ...
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How can I change the default font for all notebooks?
In Mathematica 8 I tried to change the default font for all notebooks in Format > Option Inspector > Global Preferences > Formatting Options > Font Options > large font selection screen > selection ...
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Alternative Math Font
Are there other fonts that can be used for mathematical symbols?
I have noticed, that choosing another font (via Stylesheet) does not change the math font (e.g. for greek symbols). Symbols will just ...
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How to avoid font substitution with Mathematica fonts?
When I export a Plot to PDF, a journal publisher complains that they do not have the Mathematica fonts.
I believe there is a way ...
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FontSubstitutions: how do they work?
I'm puzzled by FontSubstitutions. The help says this:
FontSubstitutions
is an option for Style and Cell that gives a list of substitutions to try for font ...
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How to find out available fonts from within Mathematica?
How to find out available fonts on the system from within Mathematica? When I do
Style["foobar", FontFamily -> "Foobar"]
how do I know which font the ...
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Scale Insetted Characters to Plot
I am trying to place a curly brace within a plot such that the top/bottom of the curly brace line up with two horizontal lines in the plot:
I have not been able to find a way to make the curly ...
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Is there a way to export text to SVG as text, rather than paths?
When I use Export to export graphics in SVG format, all text in the the exported file seems to get converted to paths. Is there a way to prevent this?
Is there a ...
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Fit text to a path [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Movable text on a curve
This is a common feature among vector-based graphics suites (e.g. Illustrator), so I was wondering how it could be done in Mathematica. Here's an ...
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Invisible \[Conjugate] glyph in the linux frontend
I have a very annoying problem.
The Conjugate glyph (*) does not show when I type.
That is, if I type \[Conjugate] or ⋮co⋮ then ...
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Inconsistent display of TraditionalForm in version 9
After installing version 9, the default style sheet uses Arial font in text and formula cells. So far, so bad. At least one would hope this is done consistently.
But now I see this:
You can see ...
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How do I prevent fonts sizes and line weights from scaling in exported graphics?
It's common to export graphics from Mathematica that are subsequently scaled to various sizes that cannot (at least not conveniently) be anticipated. This is problematic in cases where (as is common) ...
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Version 9 Blue Screen or Self-Test Error on Windows 7 64-bit
Update There is now an official response from Wolfram Support on this issue.
Having recently installed Mathematica version 9 64-bit on Windows 7, I keep running into Self-Test Errors evaluating ...
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Monospaced fonts are not monospaced
I'm using Linux-x86-64 as operating system. Can someone explain this behaviour and maybe give a hint how to resolve it? Here are two lines of exact the same number of letters of a monospaced font:
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Order/Dependency of Styles in a Stylesheet
How exactly is a custom stylesheet processed?
Which style depends on (inherits from) which other style.
Consider e.g. setting a font.
I would expect that setting the font for "Section" to YY after ...
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How to set Math text size & line spacing
I have chosen different font for text. Unfortunately this font is larger than the standard Times font. So all math symbols (e.g. greek) are now a little too small. If I could just set the FontSize for ...
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Exporting Cyrillics in PDF on Linux
I'm using Mathematica from Ubuntu. I need a normal font to display cyrillics inside PDFs. Any default font is very ugly, letters are too close together:
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Custom Magnification Setting [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
In Mathematica 7 for Windows, is it possible to use custom GUI magnifications?
I am able to use a custom Magnification by setting ...
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Set default font for Output
Is it possible to set the font family to Arial for axes, legends and labels globally?
I found out about
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How to preserve clipping when exporting a framed histogram with font embedding?
I work with histograms and would like to export it to EPS format. I've noticed that my exported image loses the PlotRangeClipping option that I set up when I export the plot. This is true for at least ...
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Mathematica PDF import and fonts
I am trying to put nice LaTeX labels on my Mathematica plots. I can do this manually, or by introducing an extra GNUPlot step into my workflow, but it would streamline the process considerably if ...
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How can I italicize FrameLabel directives?
Suppose that I use Frame -> True in Plot. Then I can use ...
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Is there a way to outline text?
If I have:
Graphics[
{Red, EdgeForm[Directive[White, Thick]],
Inset[Style[Text@"Hi!", 44], {0, 0}]}, Background -> Black
]
I unfortunately get:
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Why does Installing small caps fonts in OS X cause notebook Text cells to use that font?
I installed Adobe Type 1 Times Roman SC (small caps) and Times Roman Bold SC fonts on my Mac OS X system. Now every old or newly-created Text style cell in every ...
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Support for pro font families?
While researching this question, I encountered an issue with Mathematica’s font selection mechanism when rich families of pro fonts are used.
I can plot text in a given font with:
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How to embed fonts when exporting Mathematica graphics as PDF
Upon exporting a Mathematica graphics expression as a PDF, Mathematica does not seem to embed any nonstandard fonts used. When you open the resulting PDF document with a PDF viewer, all the text items ...
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Keeping Text Size the Same Throughout Entire Notebook File
Is there a way in which when you choose to format the size of the font within your notebook, for a particular cell, when you go into another cell, the default size font (12pt) will not be ...
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How can I make CurrentValue for font characteristics pick up the font of the output not the input cell?
The command CurrentValue (documentation) allows you to access various properties of fonts, such as x-height, line height, and various measures of width such as ...
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Fontsize is too small
I have this annoyance for a long time now: every Text cell uses the default font size, though it appears too small on my screen. See comparison of same text, same font (Times New Roman), same fontsize ...
