GSP
Quick Navigator

Search Site

Unix VPS
A - Starter
B - Basic
C - Preferred
D - Commercial
MPS - Dedicated
Previous VPSs
* Sign Up! *

Support
Contact Us
Online Help
Handbooks
Domain Status
Man Pages

FAQ
Virtual Servers
Pricing
Billing
Technical

Network
Facilities
Connectivity
Topology Map

Miscellaneous
Server Agreement
Year 2038
Credits
 

USA Flag

 

 

Man Pages
HVECTEXT(1gv) HVECTEXT(1gv)

hvectext - construct Geomview VECT text object from Hershey fonts


hvectext [-w totallength] [-s textheight] [-plane xy|xz|yz] [-at X Y Z] [-align n|s|e|w|ne|nw|se|sw|c] [-hershey fontfile.gsf] [--] text string ...

Hvectext generates a Geomview/OOGL vector-text object, of given height or total length (default -s .25). It aligns the given 3-D point (default -at 0 0 0) with the given corner of the text (default -align c). Alignment specs are like geographic directions; -align sw puts the ``at'' point at the ``southwest'' corner of the text, so that its lower left corner is at that coordinate.

The corresponding VECT object is written to standard output. If no non-blank text characters are given, hvectext produces a null geom object ("{ }") as output.

The special option -- marks the end of options; it's useful in case the text itself begins with a hyphen.

Hvectext accepts Ghostscript Hershey fonts; the built-in default is Hershey-Plain-Simplex a.k.a. hrpl_s.gsf. Others of interest: hrsy_r.gsf (Symbol), hrpl_t.gsf (Triplex). For a complete list, see all the Ghostscript font files of nontrivial size whose names begin with "hr".

Although there's no way to switch fonts within the string, the first line of output from hvectext is an OOGL comment resembling:

# Continue with: -align sw -plane xy -s 0.25 -at 1.24378 0 0
giving options for hvectext to continue the string where it left off.

GS_FONTPATH, if present, is a colon-separated list of directories in which Hershey font files are sought.

perl (either version 4 or 5) must be installed.

/usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts is searched if -hershey is given and GS_FONTPATH isn't set.

1 Nov 1996 Geometry Center

Search for    or go to Top of page |  Section 1 |  Main Index

Powered by GSP Visit the GSP FreeBSD Man Page Interface.
Output converted with ManDoc.