Making publishable graphics in IRAF

You can use ghostview to make publishable Postscript graphics output from IRAF using graphics devices which are defined in SAO-TDC supported IRAF installations. They are all set for 300dpi 8-1/2 x 11 inch (letter-size) output. Inside IRAF, set the standard plotting device to one of the values in the stdplot column in the table below.

cl> set stdplot=[value]
cl>

Then, when you have a IRAF plot displayed on the screen that you want to save, type "=" within the graphic window, and a ghostview window should pop up with your graph displayed using the desired font instead of the drawn font that IRAF uses. Save the ghostview display to a Postcript file using [printall], specifying the name of the file, for example name.ps, to which you wish to save the file.

IRAF graphics devices that use the PSIKern PostScript kernel

stdplot	Orientation	Font
ghostc	Landscape	Courier
ghosth	Landscape	Helvetica
ghost	Landscape	default
ghostpc6	Portrait	Courier
ghostph6	Portrait	Helvetica
ghostp6	Portrait	Helvetica
ghostpc	Portrait	Courier
ghostph	Portrait	Helvetica
ghostp	Portrait	Times
ghostp0	Portrait	Times

Example

In IRAF:

cl> onedspec
onedspec> set stdplot=ghosth
onedspec> specplot b/H182488_2018-03-25_12h26m55s_cb.spec.fits apertures=20-25

IRAF Tektronix window

Type = with the cursor inside the Tektronix window, and ghostview will display the spectrum with the expected font.

To print it, select Print All.

To save it, select Save All, and select the name of a file to which to write the Postscript file, say specplot.ps

You might want an Encapsulated Postscript file for publication.
Outside of IRAF, use

$ ps2eps specplot.ps

gv window