GSCHH(3NCARG)

✨ GSCHH ✨ (a.k.a. Set character height) β€” from the NCAR GRAPHICS manual, section 3NCARG πŸŽ€

okay bestie, so you know how text in a plot has a size? yeah. this is the routine that sets it. that's it. that's the whole gig. πŸ’…


🌸 NAME 🌸

GSCHH (Set character height) β€” sets the character height for text. periodt. ✨


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

CALL GSCHH (CHH)

πŸ’œ C-BINDING SYNOPSIS πŸ’œ

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void gset_char_ht(Gdouble char_ht);

πŸ“ DESCRIPTION πŸ“

  • CHH β€” (Real, Input) β€” this is the height, in world coordinates, at which a character gets drawn when you use the GTX output primitive. so like… how big the letters are gonna be, in the units your world is actually living in. and it's gotta be CHH > 0. 🫢
lowkey important: by default, CHH = 0.01. so if you never call this, that's the size you're getting. no cap. πŸ™ˆ

πŸ‘‘ ACCESS πŸ‘‘

to use GKS routines, you gotta load the NCAR GKS-0A library ncarg_gks. that's the vibe check. ✨


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Online: gtx, gstxp, gstxal, gstxfp, gschsp, gschup, gschxp, gscr, gstxci, gqtxp, gqtxal, gqtxfp, gqchh, gqchsp, gqchup, gqchxp, plotchar, gset_char_ht

Hardcopy: User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics; NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX Version


Copyright (C) 1987-2009 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement.


okay that's the whole page, you ate it, go set some character heights πŸ’…βœ¨

this was the UNIX flavor, dated March 1993, tagged 3NCARG β€” mwah, xoxo, see you in the group chat πŸŽ€πŸ’–πŸ¦‹