RE: publication quality plots?

[john.hunter@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I am a quite new user of Ferret, but I use the Unix utility xfig
to clean up Ferret PostScript files to improve text quality and
blank out unwanted parts (xfig can import PostScript files and other
images). This can all be nicely done in scripts using the following 
procedure:

1. Edit a "template" "fig" file similar to the one below, 
   replacing zzzzzzzzzz.ps with the name of the PostScript file 
   generated by Fprint from a Ferret "plt" file. (NOTE the example 
   shown will not fit neatly around your own plot and will have 
   to be modified as in (2).) 

2. Use xfig on the "fig" file to add text and blank out unwanted 
   material as appropriate. Save the resultant "fig" file (which now
   becomes your personalised "template" file), and generate a 
   PostScript file directly or go to (3).

3. If the "template" file has already been modified for your
   own plots, then omit (2) and use fig2dev to generate a PostScript
   or PDF file directly from the "fig" file.

xfig is very easy to use and produces both simple and understandable
"fig" files and robust PostScript files.

Cheers,

John Hunter

Template "fig" file:

CUT HERE--------------------------------------------------------
#FIG 3.2
Landscape
Center
Inches
Letter  
100.00
Single
-2
1200 2
2 2 0 1 7 7 40 0 20 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5
	 3690 4885 4530 4885 4530 11545 3690 11545 3690 4885
2 5 0 1 0 -1 50 0 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5
	0 zzzzzzzzzz.ps
	 3600 3600 10800 3600 10800 13569 3600 13569 3600 3600
2 2 0 2 0 7 50 0 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5
	 2899 3876 11306 3876 11306 13737 2899 13737 2899 3876
2 2 0 1 7 7 40 0 20 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5
	 5089 12339 5299 12339 5299 12456 5089 12456 5089 12339
2 2 0 1 7 7 40 0 20 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5
	 6016 12339 6226 12339 6226 12456 6016 12456 6016 12339
2 2 0 1 7 7 40 0 20 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5
	 7053 12339 7263 12339 7263 12456 7053 12456 7053 12339
2 2 0 1 7 7 40 0 20 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5
	 9021 12339 9231 12339 9231 12456 9021 12456 9021 12339
2 2 0 1 7 7 40 0 20 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5
	 8022 12339 8232 12339 8232 12456 8022 12456 8022 12339
2 2 0 1 7 7 40 0 20 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5
	 4561 3954 10915 3954 10915 4761 4561 4761 4561 3954
2 2 0 1 7 7 40 0 20 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5
	 4360 12243 4513 12243 4513 12390 4360 12390 4360 12243
2 2 0 1 7 7 40 0 20 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 5
	 3610 12496 10186 12496 10186 13314 3610 13314 3610 12496
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 255 1755 6375 13317 EASTING (m)\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 5283 12741 10000\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 6288 12711 20000\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 7278 12726 30000\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 8283 12741 40000\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 9273 12726 50000\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 1.5708 4 255 2025 3525 9679 NORTHING (m)\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 3720 11400 10000\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 3745 10371 20000\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 3730 9336 30000\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 3730 8316 40000\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 3738 7274 50000\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 3724 6231 60000\001
4 0 0 30 0 0 20 0.0000 4 195 675 3724 5218 70000\001
CUT HERE--------------------------------------------------------

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