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Small Caps for Gnuplot Labels

I'm looking for a command or something equivalent to draw labels in Gnuplot with small caps, like using \texsc{Mylabel} in LaTeX. Is there any chance to do so without using latex as terminal? I prefer to generate PDF directly.

Solution

  • I figured out a workaround using the same strategy used by @mjp and @theozh in this answer.

    # Implements a 'textsc' function like in (La)TeX.
# Based on original answer at https://stackoverflow.com/a/54174759/11369382

reset
set encoding utf8 # mandatory

LCases="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
SCases="ᴀʙᴄᴅᴇғɢʜɪᴊᴋʟᴍɴᴏᴘǫʀsᴛᴜᴠᴡxʏᴢ"

toscchr(c)= c eq ""  ?  ""  :  substr( SCases.c, strstrt(LCases.c, c), strstrt(LCases.c, c) )

texsc(s) = strlen(s) <= 1 ? toscchr(s) : texsc(s[1:strlen(s)/2]).texsc(s[(strlen(s)/2)+1:strlen(s)])

Mylabel = "The Quick Brown Fox jumps over the Lazy Dog"

position = "at graph 0.2,0.60"

set label Mylabel        @position offset 0, 0
set label texsc(Mylabel) @position offset 0,-1

plot x w p pt -1 not

    Result

    result