Re: Latex Fonts and Octave

[Ben Abbott]

On Mar 26, 2009, at 7:56 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Mar 26, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Thomas Markovich wrote:
>
> > On Mar 26, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> > > On Thursday, March 26, 2009, at 02:49PM, "Thomas Markovich" <address@hidden
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have googled around for about a day and haven't figured out how
> > > > > to
> > > > > use latex fonts in octave.
> > > > >
> > > > > What I am doing right now is using psfrag to replace fonts from
> > > > > within the latex document with the graphics all being saved as
> > > > > postscript files. This worked wonderfully; unfortunately the
> > > > > journal
> > > > > that we are submitting to doesn't accept postscript files.  
> > > > > Instead,
> > > > > they want everything to be pdfs. To do this what I have to do is
> > > > > convert the postscript to the pdf so that I have it in the right
> > > > > format but I lose the functionality of psfrag. To work around
> > > > > this I
> > > > > have tried to use octave to generate plots for me with the fonts
> > > > > but
> > > > > they aren't very pretty and what's more, the axis labels wander  
> > > > > off
> > > > > the graph when I make them big enough to be seen.
> > > > >
> > > > > So, is there a way to use latex fonts (so they're consistent with
> > > > > my
> > > > > paper) in the generation of pdfs? and is there a way to move my
> > > > > axis
> > > > > label up? (our x axis label is \varphi but half of it gets cut off
> > > > > when the size is set to 18)
> > > > >
> > > > > I am currently using
> > > > >
> > > > > x = [-2:0.01:2]*pi;
> > > > >
> > > > > xtick = [-2,-1.5,-1,-0.5,0,0.5,1,1.5,2] * pi;
> > > > >
> > > > > xticklabel = { '{/Symbol -2p}', '{/Symbol -3p/2}', '{/Symbol -p}',
> > > > > '{/Symbol -p/2}', '{0}', '{/Symbol p/2}', '{/Symbol p}', '{/Symbol
> > > > > 3p/2}', '{/Symbol 2p}'};
> > > > >
> > > > > plot (potential1(:,1),potential1(:,2),'k','linewidth',5);
> > > > > set (gca, 'xtick', xtick, 'xticklabel', xticklabel);
> > > > > axis([-7,7,-1.1,1.3])
> > > > > set(0,"Defaulttextfontsize",18)
> > > > > xlabel('\varphi');
> > > > > ylabel('V_+(\varphi)');
> > > > > print('figures/potential1.ps','-deps')
> > > > >
> > > > > to generate my functions but unfortunately there's no pretty  
> > > > > fonts.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thomas Markovich
> > >
> > > Regarding the pdf requirement, do you imply that your publisher is
> > > using pdflatex, or that he requires the manuscript to be submitted
> > > as a pdf document?
> > >
> > > If you need a figure compatible with pdflatex, the only solution I
> > > can think of is a little *hack*.
> > >
> > > octave:1> plot (1:10)
> > > octave:2> drawnow ("latex", "test.tex")
> > >
> > > Be aware, due to limitations of the latex terminal, gnuplot might
> > > complain. The resulting file "test.tex" is a LaTeX picture.
> > >
> > > Ben
> >
> > I'm not sure what the pdflatex thing is but they require that all
> > images be either pdf or tiff and the manuscript be submitted as
> > a .tex file. (Its the journal of physical chemistry) and psfrag
> > doesn't work for either one. My advisor told me that pdf was
> > absolutely preferred. I tried your 'hack' but it didn't give it to
> > me in any way I knew to get it working.
>
> pdflatex is unable to include ps/eps-files. In reciprocal fashion,
> normal latex is unable to include pdf-files.
>
> The TikZ and pgf approaches offer a solution to this conundrum.
>
>         http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/
>
> Unfortunately, I don't see this as a solution to your present problem
> (there is not TikZ/pgf terminal for gnuplot).
>
> Back to the "test.tex" file ... it is intended for LaTeX picture
> environment.
>
>         
> http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/teTeX/latex/latex2e-html/ltx-43.html
>
> I do not know if it will properly render your figure, but it is simple
> enough to try. The LaTeX commands below will produce a picture that is
> 6.4x4.8 inches.
>
>         \documentclass[onecolumn,12pt,letterpaper]{article}
>         \begin{document}
>           \begin{figure}
>             \begin{center}
>               \setlength{\unitlength}{2.54cm}
>               \begin{picture}(6.4,4.8)
>                 \input{test.tex}
>               \end{picture}
>             \end{center}
>             \caption{The figure's caption goes here.}
>             \label{fig:label_for_ref}
>           \end{figure}
>         \end{document}
>
> This works for the example "plot(1:10)", but you'll need to verify it
> works for your purposes.
>
> Ben
>
> p.s. Pls "reply-all" and respond below to make it easier for others to
> read along.

Thomas, in the event your problem isn't solved, please let us know  
what OS your are running (WIndows, Mac OSX, or which Linux variety).

Ben