I think you're right .. the font selection in UNIX is one part of the
problem. True-Type fonts are not available in the UNIX environment ... so
the best I have available to me are 'swissb' or 'swissl'. Unsure of the
answer to your question regarding the availability of some True-Type
equivalent. I would guess not, but maybe someone in the SASL knows the
answer.
As far as the graph you sent .. yes, it was much better than what I'm able
to produce currently. (It's still too bad that it isn't as sharp as a what
one can get using a Postscript or PDF device.) I'm been fighting the notion
of porting my application over to PC. However, based on the quality of the
graph you sent, I might have to do that if a solution isn't available.
Thanks so much for your reply,
PS. Yes, I knew Dorothy Parker. When she was here, our paths overlapped on
a few projects. Last I heard she was down in Miami ... Is she still there?
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:11 PM
To: Cuthbertson, David
Subject: Re: SAS/Graph & ODS .. Higher Resolution Graphs??
Hi. As for fonts --- what are you using? I'm not sure how SAS/GRAPH works
on UNIX for access to non-SAS fonts. I use SAS/GRAPH on a PC and can use
True-Type fonts in GIF files. Are the attached 'acceptable' ? Just
curious - done with SAS using the Tahoma font. Is there a UNIX equivalent
to True-Type fonts or are you stuck with the SAS stroke fonts?
(See attached file: ast114.gif)(See attached file: asthma.doc)
PS Did you know Dorothy Parker (ex-Moffitt employee).
Mike Zdeb
New York State Department of Health
ESP Tower - Room 1811
Albany, NY 12237
P/518-473-2855 F/630-604-1475
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"Cuthbertson,
David"
System: SAS 8.2 on UNIX (Solaris)
I produce multiple reports that are served to the Web on a monthly basis to
an international community. Many are produced using ODS writing to HTML
and/or RTF files. Quality is acceptable, except when it comes to graphs.
Have in the past used the Postscript device, but favor embedding the graphs
either into the HTML or RTF files. Unfortunately, I'm forced to use a bit
mapped device (i.e. GIF, PNG, TIF, JPEG, etc.). The default size of the
graphs are acceptable. However, the resolution leaves much to be desired
(fonts unreadable, lines and symbols aren't smooth). Is there a way to
keep
the size of the graph the same, but increase the number of dots per inch??
(I've determined that it's possible to increase the number of pixels .. but
that in turn increases the size of the graph .. thus creating a graph
that's
unreadable/unprintable due to cropping). This is a production environment
and I don't have the time to 'resize' multiple graphs each run.
Should note that the desire is for the users to be able to right click on
the graphs and be able to cut-n-paste them into applications such as Word
and PowerPoint (thus PostScript and PDF aren't ideal). ActiveX and Java
were considered but they require that the users have access to the
respective SAS drivers.
Thoughts? Ideas?
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Biostatistician/Associate in Biostatistics
Moffitt Cancer Center at the
University of South Florida
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, FL 33612
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