I'm excited to know this capability and so tested it.
Just to verify we are seeing the same thing, try this script. Do
you see the amount of shifting shown in the attached plot?
I get much larger shifting as shown by the attached image. I tested this on
NOAA/PMEL TMAP
PyFerret v7.5 (optimized)
Darwin 17.7.0 - 12/16/19
1-May-20 17:08
Ryo
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I pasted the following lines onto the pyferret command line and did "frame/test-plot.png" after that.
SET TEXT/FONT=calibri/color=black
SET VIEW UL ; PLOT/TITLE="d18O text text text" I[I=1:10] ! Title OK
SET VIEW UR ; PLOT/TITLE="d<sup>18</sup>O text text text" I[I=1:10] ! Title shifted to the right
SET VIEW LL ; PLOT/TITLE="<&delta><sup>18</sup>O text text text" I[I=1:10] ! Title shifted to the right
SET VIEW LR ; PLOT/TITLE="<&delta>18O text text text" I[I=1:10] ! Title OK
! viewports starting slightly higher.
! Draw labels without subscript to see the shift
define view/x=0:0.5/y=0.02:0.5 ll2
define view/x=0.5:1/y=0.02:0.5 lr2
define view/x=0:0.5/y=0.52:1 ul2
define view/x=0.5:1/y=0.52:1 ur2
set text/font=calibri/color=blue
SET VIEW UL2 ; PLOT/TITLE="d18O text text text"
SET VIEW UR2 ; PLOT/TITLE="d18O text text text"
SET VIEW LL2 ; PLOT/TITLE="d18O text text text"
SET VIEW LR2 ; PLOT/TITLE="d18O text text text"