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- | ====== Typography | + | ====== |
- | MagicPlot provides accurate typography in text labels and axes labels. | + | MagicPlot provides accurate typography in text labels and axes labels. |
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===== Ligatures Support ===== | ===== Ligatures Support ===== | ||
- | MagicPlot supports | + | MagicPlot supports |
- | MagicPlot supports these ligatures: | + | | {{:ligatures1.png? |
+ | | {{: | ||
- | * '' | + | MagicPlot supports at least the following ligatures: |
- | * '' | + | |
- | * '' | + | |
- | * '' | + | |
- | * '' | + | |
- | Ligature glyphs are included only in some fonts. MagicPlot will display ligatures only if these glyphs are included in used font. | + | * '' |
- | You can toggle ligatures in MagicPlot preferences. | + | * '' |
- | ===== Some other Special Characters ===== | + | Not all fonts contain ligature glyphs. |
- | MagicPlot | + | You can turn the ligatures off in MagicPlot |
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- | * ''< | + | |
- | * ''< | + | |
- | * ''< | + | |
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- | You can toggle this option | + | |
===== Mathematical Symbols in Axes Labels ===== | ===== Mathematical Symbols in Axes Labels ===== | ||
- | The numbers in scientific notation need two special characters if you want the typography to be accurate. These two characters are minus sign and multiplication sign. Many graphing software applications which use simplified typography use letter ' | + | The numbers in [[wp> |
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+ | MagicPlot can use either correct symbols (default) or simplified. You can change this option in MagicPlot Preferences. | ||
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+ | ==== Minus Sign ==== | ||
+ | Various minus-like characters are used in different cases and have different height and length. The height and length of minus sign are equal to those of plus sign and correspond to the size of digits in the font. Here is a comparison of these characters: | ||
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+ | When you edit some text, keyboard minus key enters hyphen-minus character. The correct minus character can be typed in text label by pressing '' | ||
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+ | ==== Multiplication Sign ==== | ||
+ | In different languages, multiplication signs differ. In most cases you have to use either ' | ||
- | MagicPlot can use either correct symbols or simplified. You can change this option in MagicPlot Properties. | + | | {{: |
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- | The multiplication signs are different in various languages. You can use either ' | + | ===== See Also ===== |
+ | * [[special_symbols]] |