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st: italics and symbols in graphs
I'd just like to add support to Nick, Ron�n and B. Water in wishing for the
capability of italics and symbols in Graph titles, especially italics.
Ron�n is wonderfully understated. Yes, italicising species and genus names
is just a convention, but it is such a strong one that failing to italicise
them is usually considered plain wrong (like failing to capitalise country
names), and at the very least rather ignorant and uncouth. In some fields we
don't have the fallback position of using common names - for example, most
of the 'critters' I need to name in my graph titles are bacteria which
simply don't have common names. Italics would be a real benefit to me and
many others in the life sciences.
The life scientists would also have a use for Symbol font (think
beta-lactamase, alpha-interferon), but personally I need the italics more.
Thanks to Nick and Ron�n for their input. It is at least helpful to know
that italics are currently not possible, and will save time from 'one more
search just in case I missed something'.
Rosy
Rosy Reynolds, BSAC Resistance Surveillance Co-ordinator
www.bsacsurv.org
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:22:44 -0000
From: "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: st: Italicizing caption in Graphs
I agree that Latinate species and genus names deserve to be
in italic when included on graphs. Good point.
The bigger need long-term, in my view, is for Stata graphics
to give support for more symbols, including at least some
mathematical typesetting and the Greek alphabet. The thing I
most frequently want to do, but can't, is superscript "-1", "-2", etc.
.......
Nick
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Ron�n Conroy
There are valid reasons for having italics at your disposal.
Traditionally they are used for foreign language words and phrases.
These are common in biology, where many critters are referred to by
their latin titles and these are, by convention, placed in italics.
The names, of course, not the critters, who couldn't care less.
On 26 Ean 2006, at 13:55, n j cox wrote:
> On a different level, we could all throw our prejudices
> on the matter into the ring. My own line as a scientist,
> including roles as reader, author, reviewer/referee
> and member of editorial boards, is that in science (broad
> sense) graph designers should stick to one font throughout.
> But then I cleave to the minimalist-Tufte-Shaker-Bauhaus school
> of graph design.
.........
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Stata 8.2 Windows XP Pro SP2
I want to italicize a caption in my graph. With so much italics within
Stata [G] manual, one would have thought I could find the answer pronto -
but I
could not
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