GNUPlot Manual

104 gnuplot 4.0 36 SET-SHOW
36.59.9 Cgm
The cgm terminal generates a Computer Graphics Metafile, Version 1. This file format is a subset of
the ANSI X3.122-1986 standard entitled "Computer Graphics - Metafile for the Storage and Transfer of
Picture Description Information". Several options may be set in cgm.
Syntax:
set terminal cgm {} {} {} {solid | dashed}
{width } {linewidth }
{""} {}
{ ...}
where is landscape, portrait, or default; is either color or monochrome;
is either rotate or norotate; solid draws all curves with solid lines, overriding any dashed
patterns; is the assumed width of the plot in points; is the line width in
points (default 1); is the name of a font; and is the size of the font in points (default
12).
By default, cgm uses rotated text for the Y axis label.
The first six options can be in any order. Selecting default sets all options to their default values.
Each color must be of the form ’xrrggbb’, where x is the literal character ’x’ and ’rrggbb’ are the red,
green and blue components in hex. For example, ’x00ff00’ is green. The background color is set first,
then the plotting colors. Examples:
set terminal cgm landscape color rotate dashed width 432 \
linewidth 1 ’Helvetica Bold’ 12 # defaults
set terminal cgm linewidth 2 14 # wider lines & larger font
set terminal cgm portrait "Times Italic" 12
set terminal cgm color solid # no pesky dashes!
36.59.9.1 Font The first part of a Computer Graphics Metafile, the metafile description, includes
a font table. In the picture body, a font is designated by an index into this table. By default, this
terminal generates a table with the following 35 fonts, plus six more with italic replaced by oblique,
or vice-versa (since at least the Microsoft Office and Corel Draw CGM import filters treat italic and
oblique as equivalent):