You can use TrueType fonts with the SASEMF driver. You may have to register them first though (see PROC FONTREG). R

On Jul 3, 12:50 pm, ya.hu...@AMYLIN.COM (Ya Huang) wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone tried to modify SASEMF driver to include some > proportional font, such as Arial or Times New Roman. > > On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 00:13:05 -0000, Richard <richard.hoc...@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >Have a look at this > >http://support.sas.com/techsup/technote/ts674/ts674.html > > >'An Introduction to Exporting SAS/Graph Output to Microsoft Office > >SAS Release 8.2 and higher' > > >Excellent resource for anyone trying to get output into MS Office > > >R > > >On Jul 3, 2:29 am, Ya.Hu...@AMYLIN.COM ("Huang, Ya") wrote: > >> The following shows the difference using default resolution and > >> increased resolution of png driver combined with ods/rtf: > > >> options orientation=landscape; > > >> ods rtf file="c:\temp\junk.rtf" style=minimal; > > >> goptions reset=all device=png xmax=11 in ymax=8.5 in > >> hsize=9 in vsize=6.5in ftext=Arial htext=4pct; > > >> proc gplot data=sashelp.class; > >> plot weight*height; > >> title 'Low resolution font'; > >> run; > > >> goptions reset=all device=png > >> xmax=11 in ymax=8.5 in xpixels=3300 ypixels=2550 > >> hsize=9 in vsize=6.5in ftext=Arial htext=4pct; > > >> proc gplot data=sashelp.class; > >> plot weight*height; > >> title 'High resolution font'; > >> run; > > >> ods rtf close; > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: t...@rdg.boehringer-ingelheim.com > > >> [mailto:t...@rdg.boehringer-ingelheim.com] > >> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 9:26 AM > >> To: Huang, Ya; S...@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > >> Subject: RE: Re: ods rtf with emf graphics > > >> This gives me good resolution when producing a PNG file for full-screen > >> Slide but I don't know how it would look with RTF. > > >> goptions reset=all rotate=landscape device=PNG gsfname=gsffile > >> xpixels=1200 ypixels=900 xmax=8 in ymax=6 in; > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:S...@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ya > >> Huang > >> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:14 PM > >> To: S...@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > >> Subject: Re: ods rtf with emf graphics > > >> Unfortunately, EMF driver can't be used for ods/rtf (confirmed by SAS) > >> yet. > >> I was recently told by a SAS tech support that from v9.2, SAS will have > >> a whole new suite of true type fonts for all kinds of graph drivers, > >> including SASEMF, hopefully it will make our life much easier by using > >> ods/rtf and the new SASEMF driver. > > >> When you try png driver, did you redefine the resolution? You may want > >> to try xpixels and xpixels goption. By increasing the resolution, I > >> think you can probably get the high quality font you want. By default, > >> the png resolution is about 100dpi. You can increase it by increasing > >> the xpixels and ypixels, for me 300dpi would be good enough. > > >> On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 04:45:22 -0700, ckxp...@yahoo.com <ckxp...@YAHOO.COM> > >> wrote: > > >> >Following recent threads in this newsgroups, I decided to try SAS/ > >> >Graph in combination with ODS RTF. The graphs worked fine with the emf > >> >driver but when I use ODS, 'Arial' is replaced by font simulate and the > > >> >result is rubbish. I *can* use Arial if I specify device=png and > >> >target=png but the quality of the output suffers. > > >> >The problem seems to be that the SASEMF driver is used in combination > >> >with ODS RTF and that only supports courier (although the SAS help file > > >> >says it supports truetype fonts),. Can anyone tell me how to get high > >> >resolution graphics using ODS RTF? The reason I'm so interested is that > > >> >I'd like to write the titles and footnotes to the body text of the > >> >document rather than the graph. Any tips, wikis, sugi papers on this? > > >> >Advance thanks, > >> >John Hendrickx