Fonts

Apart from the default font, aiSee offers the fonts described in Table 5.11.2.

These pixel fonts are compatible with Adobe PostScript and SVG fonts. When exporting aiSee files to PostScript, the original PostScript fonts can be used (providing your PostScript printer is equipped with these fonts available).

They can be specified by the fontname attribute for summary nodes and for ordinary nodes. The string value of this attribute is the font file name of the font to be used. The font file name is composed of the file name base, size and .vcf postfix:

For example, a size 12 Times Roman font is specified via fontname: "timR12.vcf".

The search path for the aiSee font files can be specified by the environment variable AISEEFONTS.

We highly recommend using the bitmap fonts when exporting graphs to SVG format. The standard vector font is translated into <line> elements, whereas the bitmap fonts are translated into <text>. SVG treats <text> as text rather than outlines, enabling the user to search SVG images for node labels by using the Find dialog in the SVG viewer.

Table 2: Available aiSee Pixel Fonts

Filename base	Corresponding PostScript font
courB	Courier Bold
courBO	Courier Bold Oblique
courO	Courier Oblique
courR	Courier
helvB	Helcetica Bold
helvBO	Helvetica Bold Oblique
helvO	Helvetica Oblique
helvR	Helvetica
timB	Times Bold
timBI	Times Bold Italic
timI	Times Italic
timR	Times Roman
symb	Symbol
ncenB	New Century Schoolbook Bold
ncenBI	New CenturySchoolbook Bold Italic
ncenI	New Century Schoolbook Italic
ncenR	NewCentury Schoolbook Roman