Pdf

[DEPRECATED] This terminal uses the non-free library PDFlib (GmbH Munchen) to produce files in Portable Document Format. Unless you have a commercial license for PDFlib and need some special feature it provides you would do better to use the cairo pdf terminal instead. Gnuplot can also export PDF files from wxt or qt interactive terminal sessions.

Syntax:

     set terminal pdf {monochrome|color|colour}
                      {{no}enhanced}
                      {fname "<font>"} {fsize <fontsize>}
                      {font "<fontname>{,<fontsize>}"} {fontscale <scale>}
                      {linewidth <lw>} {rounded|butt}
                      {dl <dashlength>}}
                      {size <XX>{unit},<YY>{unit}}

The default is to use a different color for each line type. Selecting monochome will use black for all linetypes, Even in in mono mode you can still use explicit colors for filled areas or linestyles.

where 4#4font5#5 is the name of the default font to use (default Helvetica) and 4#4fontsize5#5 is the font size (in points, default 12). For help on which fonts are available or how to install new ones, please see the documentation for your local installation of pdflib.

The enhanced option enables enhanced text processing features (subscripts, superscripts and mixed fonts). See enhanced (p. ).

The width of all lines in the plot can be increased by the factor 4#4n5#5 specified in linewidth. Similarly dashlength is a multiplier for the default dash spacing.

rounded sets line caps and line joins to be rounded; butt is the default, butt caps and mitered joins.

The default size for PDF output is 5 inches by 3 inches. The size option changes this to whatever the user requests. By default the X and Y sizes are taken to be in inches, but other units are possible (currently only cm).