1HVECTEXT(1gv)                                                    HVECTEXT(1gv)
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NAME

6       hvectext - construct Geomview VECT text object from Hershey fonts
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SYNOPSIS

9       hvectext [-w totallength] [-s textheight] [-plane xy|xz|yz] [-at X Y Z]
10            [-align n|s|e|w|ne|nw|se|sw|c] [-hershey fontfile.gsf] [--] text
11            string ...
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DESCRIPTION

14       Hvectext  generates a Geomview/OOGL vector-text object, of given height
15       or total length (default  -s .25).   It  aligns  the  given  3-D  point
16       (default  -at 0 0 0)  with  the  given  corner  of  the  text  (default
17       -align c).  Alignment specs are like geographic  directions;  -align sw
18       puts  the ``at'' point at the ``southwest'' corner of the text, so that
19       its lower left corner is at that coordinate.
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21       The corresponding VECT object is written to  standard  output.   If  no
22       non-blank  text  characters  are  given,  hvectext produces a null geom
23       object ("{ }") as output.
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25       The special option -- marks the end of options; it's useful in case the
26       text itself begins with a hyphen.
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28       Hvectext  accepts  Ghostscript  Hershey  fonts; the built-in default is
29       Hershey-Plain-Simplex   a.k.a.   hrpl_s.gsf.    Others   of   interest:
30       hrsy_r.gsf  (Symbol),  hrpl_t.gsf  (Triplex).  For a complete list, see
31       all the Ghostscript font files of nontrivial  size  whose  names  begin
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34       Although  there's  no  way to switch fonts within the string, the first
35       line of output from hvectext is an OOGL comment resembling:
36       # Continue with: -align sw -plane xy -s 0.25 -at 1.24378 0 0
37       giving options for hvectext to continue the string where it left off.
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ENVIRONMENT

40       GS_FONTPATH, if present, is a colon-separated list  of  directories  in
41       which Hershey font files are sought.
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FILES

44       perl (either version 4 or 5) must be installed.
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46       /usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts  is  searched if -hershey is given and
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51Geometry Center                   1 Nov 1996                     HVECTEXT(1gv)
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