[comp.text.tex] mathematical symbols in figures

spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) (06/28/90)

In article <7611@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) writes:

   >Is there a way to use TeX to generate the lables (with mathematical
   >symbols) and combine them to the postscript files generated by the
   >graphical softwares? 

   METAPLOT by Pat Wilcox is a nice system which allows one to take
   HPGL files and produce PK/TFM pairs containing the graphics and a

other things you might want to consider (depending on your
environment):
 + pictex macros by Michael Wichura. excellent results, but large and
   slow
 + fig package under Sunview or X windows. convert to Pictex or LaTeX
   picture or pic
 + the `pic' language; James Clark has recently his gnu `pic'
   recently, which outputs `tpic' \specials. you need a conformant dvi
   driver for that
 + gnuplot, outputting LaTeX picture commands

all of these routes permit you to enter the verbiage on the picture in
TeXese.

Sebastian
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