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WinFIG => WinFIG and LaTeX => Topic started by: boonto on February 23, 2014, 05:24:15 PM
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Can I ask for the unicode supported feature.
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Can I ask for the unicode supported feature.
The next version will be able to read and write UTF-8 files, but that's not enough. I still have to find a solution for fig2dev, because it's not enough that WinFIG supports UTF-8. It also must be able to export LaTeX/PS and al the other formats using UTF-8 encoding, which is possible but a lot of work. But what happens after exporting to PostScript? Not much, because PostScript does not easily support UTF-8. You will need PostScript fonts with glyphs for unicode characters. I don't have any.
You could create one following these instructions (http://nuttmeg9.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/how-to-use-utf-8-characters-with-the-postscript-driver-in-gnuplot/).
But it would be better to have versions of the PS fonts with unicode glyphs. Without that, unicode support will not really bring a benefit.