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4.1.8.1 cgm font

The first part of a Computer Graphics Metafile, the metafile description, includes a font table. In the picture body, a font is designated by an index into this table. By default, this terminal generates a table with the following 35 fonts, plus six more with `italic` replaced by `oblique`, or vice-versa (since at least the Microsoft Office and Corel Draw CGM import filters treat `italic` and `oblique` as equivalent):

           Helvetica
           Helvetica Bold
           Helvetica Oblique
           Helvetica Bold Oblique
           Times Roman
           Times Bold
           Times Italic
           Times Bold Italic
           Courier
           Courier Bold
           Courier Oblique
           Courier Bold Oblique
           Symbol
           Hershey/Cartographic_Roman
           Hershey/Cartographic_Greek
           Hershey/Simplex_Roman
           Hershey/Simplex_Greek
           Hershey/Simplex_Script
           Hershey/Complex_Roman
           Hershey/Complex_Greek
           Hershey/Complex_Script
           Hershey/Complex_Italic
           Hershey/Complex_Cyrillic
           Hershey/Duplex_Roman
           Hershey/Triplex_Roman
           Hershey/Triplex_Italic
           Hershey/Gothic_German
           Hershey/Gothic_English
           Hershey/Gothic_Italian
           Hershey/Symbol_Set_1
           Hershey/Symbol_Set_2
           Hershey/Symbol_Math
           ZapfDingbats
           Script
           15
     

The first thirteen of these fonts are required for WebCGM. The Microsoft Office CGM import filter implements the 13 standard fonts listed above, and also 'ZapfDingbats' and 'Script'. However, the script font may only be accessed under the name '15'. For more on Microsoft import filter font substitutions, check its help file which you may find here:

       C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\Cgmimp32.hlp

and/or its configuration file, which you may find here:

       C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\Grphflt\\Cgmimp32.cfg
     

In the `set term` command, you may specify a font name which does not appear in the default font table. In that case, a new font table is constructed with the specified font as its first entry. You must ensure that the spelling, capitalization, and spacing of the name are appropriate for the application that will read the CGM file. (Gnuplot and any MIL-D-28003A compliant application ignore case in font names.) If you need to add several new fonts, use several `set term` commands.

Example:

           set terminal cgm 'Old English'
           set terminal cgm 'Tengwar'
           set terminal cgm 'Arabic'
           set output 'myfile.cgm'
           plot ...
           set output
     

You cannot introduce a new font in a `set label` command.