Re: overprinting character labels

[Mick Spillane <spillane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andrew,
	Unfortunately overstriking with a minus will not solve your
problem in any simple way because ^- is not high enough
	plot/i=1:10 1/i
	ppl %label/nouser 4,3,-1,0,0.2,test T with overbar
	ppl %label/nouser 4,3,-1,0,0.2,test @p2^-
though this approach of replicating the beginning of a string would
work for some characters (like x). I changes the color so you can see
the addition
        plot/i=1:10 1/i
        ppl %label/nouser 4,3,-1,0,0.2,test x with overbar
        ppl %label/nouser 4,3,-1,0,0.2,test @p2^-
So far I havn't come up with any "easy" alternative - all the fonts
seem to be the same height so the problem with the T persists.

If the character needing an overbar were at the start of a string
you could do it by upping the character height a bit ...
        plot/i=1:10 1/i
        ppl %label/nouser 4,3,-1,0,0.2,T with overbar
        ppl %label/nouser 4,3,-1,0,0.25,@p2^-
... or by moving up the y-value
        plot/i=1:10 1/i
        ppl %label/nouser 4,3,-1,0,0.2,T with overbar
        ppl %label/nouser 4,3.05,-1,0,0.2,@p2^-
or you could throw your hands in the air and use another symbol for
average
        ppl %label/nouser 4,3.05,-1,0,0.2,@as<T>
I'll get back to you if I have any other brainwaves.
Mick
PS The need to have the character to be overbarred at the start of
the string is not a major limitation.  You can right-justify the
lead part of the string and left-justify the balance




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