help for scheme_rbn1mono, scheme_rbn2mono, scheme_rbn3mono and scheme_rbn4mono(Roger Newson)

Scheme description: rbn1mono, rbn2mono, rbn3mono and rbn4mono

The rbn1mono schemes are

schemename foreground background description

rbn1mono monochrome white black on white with thick lines
rbn2mono monochrome white black on white with thick lines,
without scaling for by graphs,
graph combine and graph matrix
rbn3mono monochrome white black on white with thin lines
rbn4mono monochrome white black on white with thin lines,
without scaling for by graphs,
graph combine and graph matrix

For instance, you might type

. graph
...,
...
scheme(rbn1mono)

. set
scheme
rbn2mono
[,
permanently
]

See help scheme_option and help set_scheme.

Description

Schemes determine the overall look of a graph; see help for schemes.

rbn1mono is Roger Newson's original personal default scheme.
It specifies a minimal and photocopier-friendly black-and-white look,
with gray background lines and minimal gray shading.
It is slightly more minimal and photocopier-friendly than
s1mono (which is its mother scheme), and slightly less minimal and photocopier-friendly than
Svend Juul's lean schemes (which can be downloaded in their latest form using
the findit command).
The plot area is framed as in the schemes s1color and s1mono.
The axis labels use value labels if these exist,
and are perpendicular to the corresponding axis,
so that they occupy a smaller and more predictable amount of axis space,
instead of a larger and less predictable amount of axis space.
The default by-graph style is compact, to avoid wasting space.
The default number of columns in a legend is 1, to enable long and explicit labels.
The default spanning of titles is the whole graph region, not just the plot region.
Labels are right-justified.
The default size of most text,
including titles, subtitles, notes and labels,
is 3 percent of the minor axis dimension.
The default width of most lines,
including plot lines, grid lines and added X-axis and Y-axis lines,
is 0.375 percent of the minor axis dimension.
The default clock position of marker labels is 3.
Any of these defaults can be overridden by the user.

rbn2mono is Roger Newson's second personal default scheme.
It is an alternative version of rbn1mono, without the default scaling of
text sizes, marker sizes and line widths
used for by graphs, graph combine and graph matrix.
If the scheme rbn2mono is used, then these
text sizes, marker sizes and line widths
are the same, whether or not the user uses
by graphs, graph combine and graph matrix.
The scheme rbn1mono inherits the scaling regime of s1mono
when by graphs, graph combine and/or graph matrix are used.
This policy involves some complicated formulas,
which may make it less easy for the user to estimate the correct
relative size suboptions to specify.
For technical details of these formulas, see help for
scaling for by graphs, graph combine, and graph matrix.

rbn3mono is Roger Newson's third personal default scheme.
It is like rbn1mono, except that the default width of most lines,
including plot lines, grid lines and added X-axis and Y-axis lines,
is 0.25 percent of the minor axis dimension.

rbn4mono is Roger Newson's fourth personal default scheme.
It is like rbn2mono, except that the default width of most lines,
including plot lines, grid lines and added X-axis and Y-axis lines,
is 0.25 percent of the minor axis dimension.

The default line width of 0.375 percent of the minor dimension,
used by rbn1mono and rbn2mono,
was chosen to produce graphics for photocopying, and also for overhead projections,
which should be visible to members of the audience with poor eyesight at the back of the hall.
The default line width of 0.25 percent of the minor dimension,
used by rbn3mono and rbn4mono,
is aimed to produce Figures for submission to medical periodicals,
whose instructions to authors typically specify a preference for finer lines.
This is probably because most readers nowadays view them online,
and can choose their own magnification.

Author

Roger Newson, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK.
Email: r.newson@imperial.ac.uk

Also see

Manual: [G] schemes, [G] scheme_option, [G] set scheme

Online: help for schemes, scheme_option, set_scheme, scheme_s1mono, scheme_entries

help for scheme_lean if installed