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<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br>
<a href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a><br>
<a href="#WINDOWS REMARKS">WINDOWS REMARKS</a><br>
<a href="#BUGS">BUGS</a><br>
<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>

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<a name="NAME"></a>
<h2>NAME</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">pstext &minus;
To plot text strings on maps</p>

<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>pstext</b>
<i>textfile</i> <b>&minus;J</b><i>parameters</i>
<b>&minus;R</b><i>west</i>/<i>east</i>/<i>south</i>/<i>north</i>[<b>r</b>]
[ <b>&minus;A</b> ] [
<b>&minus;B</b>[<b>p</b>|<b>s</b>]<i>parameters</i> ] [
<b>&minus;C</b><i>dx/dy</i> ] [
<b>&minus;D</b>[<b>j</b>]<i>dx</i>[/<i>dy</i>][<b>v</b>[<i>pen</i>]
] [
<b>&minus;E</b><i>azim</i>/<i>elev</i>[<b>+w</b><i>lon</i>/<i>lat</i>[/<i>z</i>]][<b>+v</b><i>x0</i>/<i>y0</i>]
] [ <b>&minus;G</b><i>color</i> ] [
<b>&minus;H</b>[<b>i</b>][<i>nrec</i>] ] [
<b>&minus;Jz</b>|<b>Z</b><i>parameters</i> ] [
<b>&minus;K</b> ] [ <b>&minus;L</b> ] [ <b>&minus;N</b> ] [
<b>&minus;O</b> ] [ <b>&minus;P</b> ] [
<b>&minus;S</b><i>pen</i> ] [
<b>&minus;U</b>[<i>just</i>/<i>dx</i>/<i>dy</i>/][<b>c</b>|<i>label</i>]
] [ <b>&minus;V</b> ] [
<b>&minus;W</b>[<i>color</i>,][<b>o</b>|<b>O</b>|<b>c</b>|<b>C</b>[<i>pen</i>]]
] [
<b>&minus;X</b>[<b>a</b>|<b>c</b>|<b>r</b>][<i>x-shift</i>[<b>u</b>]]
] [
<b>&minus;Y</b>[<b>a</b>|<b>c</b>|<b>r</b>][<i>y-shift</i>[<b>u</b>]]
] [ <b>&minus;Z</b>[<i>zlevel</i>|<b>+</b>] ] [
<b>&minus;:</b>[<b>i</b>|<b>o</b>] ] [
<b>&minus;c</b><i>copies</i> ] [
<b>&minus;f</b>[<b>i</b>|<b>o</b>]<i>colinfo</i> ] [
<b>&minus;m</b>[<i>flag</i>] ]</p>

<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>pstext</b>
plots text strings of variable size, font type, and
orientation. Various map projections are provided, with the
option to draw and annotate the map boundaries.
<i>PostScript</i> code is written to standard output. Greek
characters, subscript, superscript, and small caps are
supported as follows: The sequence @~ toggles between the
selected font and Greek (Symbol). @%<i>no</i>% sets the font
to <i>no</i>; @%% resets the font to the starting font, @-
toggles subscripts on/off, @+ toggles superscript on/off, @#
toggles small caps on/off, @;<i>color</i>; changes the font
color (@;; resets it), @:<i>size</i>: changes the font size
(@:: resets it), and @_ toggles underline on/off. @@ prints
the @ sign. @e, @o, @a, @E, @O, @A give the accented
Scandinavian characters. Composite characters (overstrike)
may be indicated with the @!&lt;char1&gt;&lt;char2&gt;
sequence, which will print the two characters on top of each
other. To learn the octal codes for symbols not available on
the keyboard and some accented European characters, see
Section 4.16 and Appendix F in the <b><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></b> Technical
Reference and Cookbook. Note that <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#CHAR_ENCODING">CHAR_ENCODING</A></b> must
be set to an extended character set in your .gmtdefaults4
file in order to use the accented characters. Using the
<b>&minus;W</b> option, a colored rectangle underlying the
text may be plotted (Does not work for strings with
sub/super scripts, symbols, or composite characters, except
in paragraph mode (<b>&minus;m</b>)). <i><br>
textfile</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">This file contains 1 or more
records with (<i>x, y, size, angle, fontno, justify,
text</i>). If no file is given, <b>pstext</b> will read
standard input. <i>size</i> is text size in points,
<i>angle</i> is measured in degrees counter-clockwise from
horizontal, <i>fontno</i> sets the font type, <i>justify</i>
sets the alignment. If <i>fontno</i> is not an integer, then
it is taken to be a text string with the desired fontname.
See the <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html">gmtdefaults</A></b> man page for names and numbers of
available fonts (or run <b>pstext &minus;L</b>). The
alignment refers to the part of the text string that will be
mapped onto the (<i>x,y</i>) point. Choose a 2 character
combination of L, C, R (for left, center, or right) and T,
M, B for top, middle, or bottom. e.g., BL for lower
left.</p>

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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;J</b></p> </td>
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<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects the map
projection. Scale is UNIT/degree, 1:xxxxx, or width in UNIT
(upper case modifier). UNIT is cm, inch, or m, depending on
the <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#MEASURE_UNIT">MEASURE_UNIT</A></b> setting in .gmtdefaults4, but this
can be overridden on the command line by appending <b>c</b>,
<b>i</b>, or <b>m</b> to the scale/width value. When central
meridian is optional, default is center of longitude range
on <b>&minus;R</b> option. Default standard parallel is the
equator. For map height, max dimension, or min dimension,
append <b>h</b>, <b>+</b>, or <b>-</b> to the width,
respectively.</p> </td>
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<p style="margin-left:22%;">More details can be found in
the <b><A HREF="psbasemap.html">psbasemap</A></b> man pages.</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>CYLINDRICAL
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jc</b><i>lon0/lat0/scale</i>
(Cassini) <b><br>

&minus;Jcyl_stere</b>/[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Cylindrical Stereographic) <b><br>
&minus;Jj</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Miller) <b><br>
&minus;Jm</b>[<i>lon0</i>/[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Mercator) <b><br>
&minus;Jm</b><i>lon0/lat0/scale</i> (Mercator - Give
meridian and standard parallel) <b><br>
&minus;Jo</b>[<b>a</b>]<i>lon0/lat0/azimuth/scale</i>
(Oblique Mercator - point and azimuth) <b><br>
&minus;Jo</b>[<b>b</b>]<i>lon0/lat0/lon1/lat1/scale</i>
(Oblique Mercator - two points) <b><br>
&minus;Joc</b><i>lon0/lat0/lonp/latp/scale</i> (Oblique
Mercator - point and pole) <b><br>
&minus;Jq</b>[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Cylindrical Equidistant) <b><br>
&minus;Jt</b><i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (TM -
Transverse Mercator) <b><br>
&minus;Ju</b><i>zone/scale</i> (UTM - Universal Transverse
Mercator) <b><br>
&minus;Jy</b>[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
(Cylindrical Equal-Area)</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>CONIC
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jb</b><i>lon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale</i>
(Albers) <b><br>
&minus;Jd</b><i>lon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale</i> (Conic
Equidistant) <b><br>
&minus;Jl</b><i>lon0/lat0/lat1/lat2/scale</i> (Lambert Conic
Conformal) <b><br>
&minus;Jpoly</b>/[<i>lon0/</i>[<i>lat0/</i>]]<i>scale</i>
((American) Polyconic)</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>AZIMUTHAL
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Ja</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area) <b><br>
&minus;Je</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Azimuthal Equidistant) <b><br>
&minus;Jf</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Gnomonic) <b><br>
&minus;Jg</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(Orthographic) <b><br>

&minus;Jg</b><i>lon0/lat0/altitude/azimuth/tilt/twist/Width/Height/scale</i>
(General Perspective). <b><br>
&minus;Js</b><i>lon0/lat0</i>[<i>/horizon</i>]<i>/scale</i>
(General Stereographic)</p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>MISCELLANEOUS
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jh</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i>
(Hammer) <b><br>
&minus;Ji</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Sinusoidal) <b><br>
&minus;Jkf</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Eckert IV) <b><br>
&minus;Jk</b>[<b>s</b>][<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Eckert
VI) <b><br>
&minus;Jn</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Robinson) <b><br>
&minus;Jr</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Winkel Tripel)
<b><br>
&minus;Jv</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Van der Grinten)
<b><br>
&minus;Jw</b>[<i>lon0/</i>]<i>scale</i> (Mollweide)</p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>NON-GEOGRAPHICAL
PROJECTIONS:</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;Jp</b>[<b>a</b>]<i>scale</i>[<i>/origin</i>][<b>r</b>|<b>z</b>]
(Polar coordinates (theta,r)) <b><br>

&minus;Jx</b><i>x-scale</i>[<b>d</b>|<b>l</b>|<b>p</b><i>pow</i>|<b>t</b>|<b>T</b>][<i>/y-scale</i>[<b>d</b>|<b>l</b>|<b>p</b><i>pow</i>|<b>t</b>|<b>T</b>]]
(Linear, log, and power scaling)</p>

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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;Jz</b></p> </td>
<td width="7%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Sets the vertical
scaling (for 3-D maps). Same syntax as <b>&minus;Jx</b>.</p></td>
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<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="4%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;R</b></p> </td>
<td width="7%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><i>xmin</i>,
<i>xmax</i>, <i>ymin</i>, and <i>ymax</i> specify the Region
of interest. For geographic regions, these limits correspond
to <i>west, east, south,</i> and <i>north</i> and you may
specify them in decimal degrees or in
[+-]dd:mm[:ss.xxx][W|E|S|N] format. Append <b>r</b> if lower
left and upper right map coordinates are given instead of
w/e/s/n. The two shorthands <b>&minus;Rg</b> and
<b>&minus;Rd</b> stand for global domain (0/360 and
-180/+180 in longitude respectively, with -90/+90 in
latitude). Alternatively, specify the name of an existing
grid file and the <b>&minus;R</b> settings (and grid
spacing, if applicable) are copied from the grid. For
calendar time coordinates you may either give (a) relative
time (relative to the selected <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#TIME_EPOCH">TIME_EPOCH</A></b> and in the
selected <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#TIME_UNIT">TIME_UNIT</A></b>; append <b>t</b> to
<b>&minus;JX</b>|<b>x</b>), or (b) absolute time of the form
[<i>date</i>]<b>T</b>[<i>clock</i>] (append <b>T</b> to
<b>&minus;JX</b>|<b>x</b>). At least one of <i>date</i> and
<i>clock</i> must be present; the <b>T</b> is always
required. The <i>date</i> string must be of the form
[-]yyyy[-mm[-dd]] (Gregorian calendar) or yyyy[-Www[-d]]
(ISO week calendar), while the <i>clock</i> string must be
of the form hh:mm:ss[.xxx]. The use of delimiters and their
type and positions must be exactly as indicated (however,
input, output and plot formats are customizable; see
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html">gmtdefaults</A></b>).</p> </td>
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<a name="OPTIONS"></a>
<h2>OPTIONS</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">No space
between the option flag and the associated arguments.</p>

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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;A</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Angles are given as
azimuths; convert them to directions using the current
projection.</p> </td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;B</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Sets map boundary
annotation and tickmark intervals; see the <b><A HREF="psbasemap.html">psbasemap</A></b>
man page for all the details.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;C</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Sets the clearance
between the text and the surrounding box [15%]. Only used if
<b>&minus;W</b> is specified. Append the unit you want
(<b>c</b>m, <b>i</b>nch, <b>m</b>eter. or <b>p</b>oint; if
not given we consult <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#MEASURE_UNIT">MEASURE_UNIT</A></b>) or % for a
percentage of the font size.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;D</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Offsets the text
from the projected (<i>x,y</i>) point by <i>dx,dy</i> [0/0].
If <i>dy</i> is not specified then it is set equal to
<i>dx</i>. Use <b>-Dj</b> to offset the text away from the
point instead (i.e., the text&rsquo;s justification will
determine the direction of the shift). Optionally, append
<b>v</b> which will draw a line from the original point to
the shifted point; append a <i>pen</i> to change the
attributes for this line. (See SPECIFYING PENS below).</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;E</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Sets the
viewpoint&rsquo;s azimuth and elevation (for perspective
view) [180/90]. For frames used for animation, you may want
to append <b>+</b> to fix the center of your data domain (or
specify a particular world coordinate point with
<b>+w</b><i>lon0</i>/<i>lat</i>[/<i>z</i>]) which will
project to the center of your page size (or specify the
coordinates of the projected view point with
<b>+v</b><i>x0</i>/<i>y0). (Not implemented for paragraph
mode).</i></p> </td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;G</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Sets the shade or
color used for drawing the text [Default is
BASEMAP_FRAME_RGB, the current frame color (by default
black)] (See SPECIFYING COLOR below).</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;H</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Input file(s) has
header record(s). If used, the default number of header
records is <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#N_HEADER_RECS">N_HEADER_RECS</A></b>. Use <b>&minus;Hi</b> if
only input data should have header records [Default will
write out header records if the input data have them]. Blank
lines and lines starting with # are always skipped.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;K</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">More
<i>PostScript</i> code will be appended later [Default
terminates the plot system].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;L</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Lists the
font-numbers and font-names available, then exits.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;N</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Do NOT clip text at
map boundaries [Default will clip].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;O</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects Overlay
plot mode [Default initializes a new plot system].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;P</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects Portrait
plotting mode [Default is Landscape, see <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html">gmtdefaults</A></b>
to change this].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;S</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Draw text outline.
Append pen attributes. (Not implemented for paragraph
mode).</p> </td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;U</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Draw Unix System
time stamp on plot. By adding <i>just/dx/dy/</i>, the user
may specify the justification of the stamp and where the
stamp should fall on the page relative to lower left corner
of the plot. For example, BL/0/0 will align the lower left
corner of the time stamp with the lower left corner of the
plot. Optionally, append a <i>label</i>, or <b>c</b> (which
will plot the command string.). The <b><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></b> parameters
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#UNIX_TIME">UNIX_TIME</A></b>, <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#UNIX_TIME_POS">UNIX_TIME_POS</A></b>, and
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#UNIX_TIME_FORMAT">UNIX_TIME_FORMAT</A></b> can affect the appearance; see the
<b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html">gmtdefaults</A></b> man page for details. The time string
will be in the locale set by the environment variable
<b>TZ</b> (generally local time).</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;V</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Selects verbose
mode, which will send progress reports to stderr [Default
runs &quot;silently&quot;].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;W</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Paint a rectangle
beneath the text string. Set color [Default is no fill].
Append <b>o</b> to draw rectangle outline, add a <i>pen</i>
to specify pen attributes [width = 1, color = black, texture
= solid]. use a comma to separate the fill information from
the outline information if both are present. Choose upper
case <b>O</b> to get a rounded rectangle. Choose lower case
<b>c</b> to get a concave rectangle (only in paragraph
mode). Choose upper case <b>C</b> to get a convex rectangle
(only in paragraph mode). (See also SPECIFYING PENS and
SPECIFYING COLOR below).</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;X
&minus;Y</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Shift plot origin
relative to the current origin by (<i>x-shift,y-shift</i>)
and optionally append the length unit (<b>c</b>, <b>i</b>,
<b>m</b>, <b>p</b>). You can prepend <b>a</b> to shift the
origin back to the original position after plotting, or
prepend <b>r</b> [Default] to reset the current origin to
the new location. If <b>&minus;O</b> is used then the
default (<i>x-shift,y-shift</i>) is (0,0), otherwise it is
(r1i, r1i) or (r2.5c, r2.5c). Alternatively, give <b>c</b>
to align the center coordinate (x or y) of the plot with the
center of the page based on current page size.</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;Z</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">For 3-D
projections: Sets the z-level of the basemap [Default is the
bottom of the z-axis]. If <b>&minus;Z+</b> is given we
expect each item to have its own level given in the 3rd
column, and <b>&minus;N</b> is implicitly set. (Not
implemented for paragraph mode).</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;:</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Toggles between
(longitude,latitude) and (latitude,longitude) input and/or
output. [Default is (longitude,latitude)]. Append <b>i</b>
to select input only or <b>o</b> to select output only.
[Default affects both].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;c</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Specifies the
number of plot copies. [Default is 1].</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;f</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Special formatting
of input and/or output columns (time or geographical data).
Specify <b>i</b> or <b>o</b> to make this apply only to
input or output [Default applies to both]. Give one or more
columns (or column ranges) separated by commas. Append
<b>T</b> (absolute calendar time), <b>t</b> (relative time
in chosen <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#TIME_UNIT">TIME_UNIT</A></b> since <b><A HREF="gmtdefaults.html#TIME_EPOCH">TIME_EPOCH</A></b>),
<b>x</b> (longitude), <b>y</b> (latitude), or <b>f</b>
(floating point) to each column or column range item.
Shorthand <b>&minus;f</b>[<b>i</b>|<b>o</b>]<b>g</b> means
<b>&minus;f</b>[<b>i</b>|<b>o</b>]0<b>x</b>,1<b>y</b>
(geographic coordinates).</p></td>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">



<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>&minus;m</b></p> </td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Paragraph mode.
Files must be multiple segment files. Segments are separated
by a special record whose first character must be
<i>flag</i> [Default is &rsquo;&gt;&rsquo;]. Starting in the
3rd column, we expect to find information pertaining to the
typesetting of a text paragraph (the remaining lines until
next segment header). The information expected is (x y size
angle fontno justify linespace parwidth parjust), where <i>x
y size angle fontno justify</i> are defined above, while
<i>linespace</i> and <i>parwidth</i> are the linespacing and
paragraph width, respectively. The justification of the text
paragraph is governed by <i>parjust</i> which may be
<b>l</b>(eft), <b>c</b>(enter), <b>r</b>(ight), or
<b>j</b>(ustified). The segment header is followed by one or
more lines with paragraph text. Text may contain the escape
sequences discussed above. Separate paragraphs with a blank
line.</p> </td>
</table>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>SPECIFYING
PENS</b></p>

<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void"
       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="4%">


<p valign="top"><i>pen</i></p></td>
<td width="7%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p valign="top">The attributes of lines and symbol outlines
as defined by <i>pen</i> is a comma delimetered list of
<i>width</i>, <i>color</i> and <i>texture</i>, each of which
is optional. <i>width</i> can be indicated as a measure
(points, centimeters, inches) or as <b>faint</b>,
<b>thin</b>[<b>ner</b>|<b>nest</b>],
<b>thick</b>[<b>er</b>|<b>est</b>],
<b>fat</b>[<b>ter</b>|<b>test</b>], or <b>obese</b>.
<i>color</i> specifies a gray shade or color (see SPECIFYING
COLOR below). <i>texture</i> is a combination of dashes
&lsquo;-&rsquo; and dots &lsquo;.&rsquo;.</p></td>
</table>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>SPECIFYING
COLOR</b></p>

<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void"
       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">


<p valign="top"><i>color</i></p></td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="78%">


<p valign="top">The <i>color</i> of lines, areas and
patterns can be specified by a valid color name; by a gray
shade (in the range 0&minus;255); by a decimal color code
(r/g/b, each in range 0&minus;255; h-s-v, ranges
0&minus;360, 0&minus;1, 0&minus;1; or c/m/y/k, each in range
0&minus;1); or by a hexadecimal color code (#rrggbb, as used
in HTML). See the <b><A HREF="gmtcolors.html">gmtcolors</A></b> manpage for more
information and a full list of color names.</p></td>
</table>

<a name="EXAMPLES"></a>
<h2>EXAMPLES</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">To plot the
outlines of the text strings stored in the file text.d on a
Mercator plot with the given specifications, use</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>pstext</b>
text.d <b>&minus;R</b>-30/30/-10/20 <b>&minus;Jm</b> 0.1<b>i
&minus;P &minus;B</b> 5 <b>&minus;S</b> 0.5<b>p</b> &gt;
plot.ps</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">To add a
typeset figure caption for a 3-inch wide illustration,
use</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>pstext
&minus;R</b> 0/3/0/5 <b>&minus;JX</b> 3<b>i &minus;O
&minus;H &minus;m &minus;N</b> &lt;&lt; EOF &gt;&gt;
figure.ps <br>
This is an optional header record <br>
&gt; 0 -0.5 12 0 4 LT 13p 3i j <br>
@%5%Figure 1.@%% This illustration shows nothing useful, but
it still needs <br>
a figure caption. Highlighted in @;255/0/0;red@;; you can
see the locations <br>
of cities where it is @_impossible@_ to get any good Thai
food; these are to be avoided. <br>
EOF</p>

<a name="WINDOWS REMARKS"></a>
<h2>WINDOWS REMARKS</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Note that under
Windows, the percent sign (%) is a variable indicator (like
$ under Unix). To indicate a plain percentage sign in a
batch script you need to repeat it (%%); hence the font
switching mechanism (@%<i>font</i>% and @%%) may require
twice the number of percent signs. This only applies to text
inside a script or that otherwise is processed by DOS. Data
files that are opened and read by <b>pstext</b> do not need
such duplication.</p>

<a name="BUGS"></a>
<h2>BUGS</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">In paragraph
mode, the presence of composite characters and other escape
sequences may lead to unfortunate word splitting. <br>
The <b>&minus;N</b> option does not adjust the BoundingBox
information so you may have to post-process the
<i>PostScript</i> output with epstool or ps2epsi to obtain a
correct BoundingBox.</p>

<a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>


<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i><A HREF="GMT.html">GMT</A></i>(1),
<i><A HREF="gmtcolors.html">gmtcolors</A></i>(5), <i><A HREF="psbasemap.html">psbasemap</A></i>(1),
<i><A HREF="pslegend.html">pslegend</A></i>(1), <i><A HREF="psxy.html">psxy</A></i>(1)</p>
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