Thread Subject:

fill function changes font and adds frame

Hi there,

The following code produces two figures. The first contains the word 'Exponential' and the second a shaded region plus the word "Exponential". The shaded region is created using the fill function.

I watch the two graphs (the only difference should be the shaded region) and I observe a little difference in the font of the word "Exponential" and an extra frame around the white area of the figure.

Why is that? How can I fill areas in a graph that contains text without these changes to take place?

Thanx in advance for any answers!

(I use 2007b, if another version deals with it please let me know!)


close all
clear all
clc

axis([0 6 -2.3 4.3])
hold on

fonts=15.5;

text('Interpreter','latex',...
'String','($Exponential$)',...
'Position',[1.3 1.5],...
'FontSize',fonts)

figure

 t = (1/16:1/8:1)'*2*pi;
 x = sin(t);
 y = cos(t);
 fill(x,y,'k','FaceAlpha',0.2)


axis([0 6 -2.3 4.3])
hold on


fonts=13;

text('Interpreter','latex',...
'String','($Exponential$)',...
'Position',[1.3 1.5],...
'FontSize',fonts)

"leo nidas" <bleonidas25@yahoo.gr> wrote in message <i50uuc$5pf$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> The following code produces two figures. The first contains the word 'Exponential' and the second a shaded region plus the word "Exponential". The shaded region is created using the fill function.
>
> I watch the two graphs (the only difference should be the shaded region) and I observe a little difference in the font of the word "Exponential" and an extra frame around the white area of the figure.
>
> Why is that? How can I fill areas in a graph that contains text without these changes to take place?
>
> Thanx in advance for any answers!
>
> (I use 2007b, if another version deals with it please let me know!)
>
>
> close all
> clear all
> clc
>
> axis([0 6 -2.3 4.3])
> hold on
>
> fonts=15.5;
>
> text('Interpreter','latex',...
> 'String','($Exponential$)',...
> 'Position',[1.3 1.5],...
> 'FontSize',fonts)
>
> figure
>
> t = (1/16:1/8:1)'*2*pi;
> x = sin(t);
> y = cos(t);
> fill(x,y,'k','FaceAlpha',0.2)
>
>
> axis([0 6 -2.3 4.3])
> hold on
>
>
> fonts=13;
>
> text('Interpreter','latex',...
> 'String','($Exponential$)',...
> 'Position',[1.3 1.5],...
> 'FontSize',fonts)

I'm guessing here, but I think when you change the FaceAlpha value, you force the second figure to use a different renderer ('OpenGL' instead of 'painters' for me). Apparently OpenGL can't handle font-smoothing. I'm not sure why the axis itself looks different.

Thanx Alan for your comment,

Well, is there any way to do this manually then? I mean to manually fill a specific area with transparency from the properties of the figure or something?

(Without changing the font or adding this extra frame?)

"leo nidas" <bleonidas25@yahoo.gr> wrote in message <i511fc$lfm$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Thanx Alan for your comment,
>
> Well, is there any way to do this manually then? I mean to manually fill a specific area with transparency from the properties of the figure or something?
>
> (Without changing the font or adding this extra frame?)

http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk_r13/help/techdoc/ref/figure_props.html#opengl_autoselection
According to this page, OpenGL is the only renderer that supports transparency. It looks like you have to convince OpenGL to smooth the fonts - I have no idea how or if that is possible. Or, use some annoying workaround like saving a figure as an image, then loading it and drawing text on I that.

I don't really see an extra "frame". I see a change in the grid linestyle, slight changes in the tick/ticklabel locations, and one extra grid line drawn near the upper y limit. Is that what you're referring to? I guess the OpenGL axis draws that extra gridline, even though it does not correspond to a value in the axis' ytick property - I don't know why it does that. You could get that to go away by turning off the grid and manually drawing your own grid lines. Another annoying workaround, that's the best suggestion I have.