[G-2] graph set -- Set graphics options
Syntax
Manage graph print settings
graph set print [setopt setval]
Manage graph export settings
graph set [exporttype] [setopt setval]
where exporttype is the export file type and may be one of
ps | eps | svg | pdf
and setopt is the option to set with the setting setval.
Manage Graph window font settings
graph set window fontface { fontname | default }
graph set window fontfacemono { fontname | default }
graph set window fontfacesans { fontname | default }
graph set window fontfaceserif { fontname | default }
graph set window fontfacesymbol { fontname | default }
Description
graph set without options lists the current graphics font, print, and
export settings for all exporttypes. graph set with window, print, or
exporttype lists the current settings for the Graph window, for printing,
or for the specified exporttype, respectively.
graph set print allows you to change the print settings for graphics.
graph set exporttype allows you to change the graphics export settings
for export file type exporttype.
graph set window fontface* allows you to change the Graph window font
settings. (To change font settings for graphs exported to PostScript,
Encapsulated PostScript, Scalable Vector Graphic, or Portable Document
Format files, use graph set {ps|eps|svg|pdf} fontface*; see [G-3]
ps_options, [G-3] eps_options, [G-3] svg_options, or [G-3] pdf_options.)
If fontname contains spaces, enclose it in double quotes. If you specify
default for any of the fontface* settings, the default setting will be
restored.
Remarks
Remarks are presented under the following headings:
Overview
Setting defaults
Overview
graph set allows you to permanently set the primary font face used in the
Graph window as well as the font faces to be used for the four Stata
"font faces" supported by the graph SMCL tags {stMono}, {stSans},
{stSerif}, and {stSymbol}. See [G-4] text for more details on these SMCL
tags.
graph set also allows you to permanently set any of the options supported
by graph print (see [G-2] graph print) or by the specific export file
types provided by graph export (see [G-2] graph export).
To find out more about the graph set print setopt options and their
associated values (setval), see [G-3] pr_options.
Some graphics file types supported by graph export have options that can
be set. The file types that allow option settings and their associated
exporttypes are
exporttype Description Available settings
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ps PostScript [G-3] ps_options
eps Encapsulated PostScript [G-3] eps_options
svg Scalable Vector Graphics [G-3] svg_options
pdf Portable Document Format [G-3] pdf_options
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Setting defaults
If you always want the Graph window to use Times New Roman as its default
font, you could type
. graph set window fontface "Times New Roman"
Later, you could type
. graph set window fontface default
to restore the factory setting.
To change the font used by {stMono} in the Graph window, you could type
. graph set window fontfacemono "Lucida Console"
and to reset it, you could type
. graph set window fontfacemono default
You can list the current graph settings by typing
. graph set