Re: getting my uml classes to look like the screen shots

["Heather Buch" <hbuch www thebuchs dk>]

OK, I installed the ghostscript fonts and they did work. My diagram looks
great. My boss even said "udmærket" for the first time. Thanks!

Heather
> 
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Heather Buch wrote:
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > I read in the dia FAQ that I can't resize a dia class in UML
> > mode. However, my class shapes look so awful. They are all about twice as
> > wide as they should be, which makes it very awkward to fit my diagram on
> > a page.
> >=20
> > I noticed that the screenshots at show uml classes that look good. How
> > can I get my classes to look like the screenshots classes? Is it a matter
> > of installing the right fonts? I haven't installed any fonts nor the urw
> > aliases package. Would installing the urw package make a difference? Is
> > there a font that produces better results than others? Currently my
> > machine doesn't seem to have any fonts available other than "courier".
> 
> Using Courier for everything would indeed make it look bad.  
> Depending on what system you're on, installing urw-aliases may or 
> may not do much good. Installing some standard bunch of fonts, like 
> the GhostScript fonts, will probably help.
> 
> -Lars
> 
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