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How to make eps files using gnuplot

ByEric Ma Mar 24, 2018Mar 24, 2018

How to make gnuplot generate eps files instead of plot the figures on screen? First, save a Gnuplot plot as a PostScript file by this commands: # gnuplot> load ‘saveplot’ # gnuplot> !mv my-plot.ps another-file.ps The saveplot file’s content: set size 1.0, 0.6 set terminal postscript portrait enhanced mono dashed lw 1 “Helvetica” 14 set…

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gnuplot and ps2epsi do not work on Fedora 19

ByQ A Mar 24, 2018

I find that gnuplot and ps2epsi do not work on Fedora 19. The same packages/scripts work for me on old installations on Fedora 17. I find this line is printed out multiple times: Fontconfig warning: “/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf”, line 14: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated. I even tried an older version of gnuplot (4.2 patchlevel 6)….

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How to change the position of y-axis label in Gnuplot

ByQ A Mar 24, 2018

After setting the font sizes for Gnuplot, they fonts look good. However, the y labels is too far away from the y-axis. How to change the position of y-axis label in Gnuplot? You can make use of the {offset <offset>} option. For example: set ylabel “Y Label” offset 3,0,0 which moves the ylabel 3 characters…

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How to change the font sizes in Gnuplot

ByQ A Mar 24, 2018

How to change the font sizes of labels (x and y axis) and keys for Gnuplot? The default fonts turn to be too small when I shrink the images in my paper. Several methods are available for Gnuplot: Set the global fonts size for the terminal: set terminal enhanced font ‘Verdana,10’ Here, 10 is the…

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