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Sometimes it is nice to use fonts different than the default vector-drawn
fonts for PostScript figures prepared with IDL.  
Here's the recipe:

 set_plot,'ps'
 !p.font = 0    ; Hardware fonts.  Or use font=0 in the plot calls.
 device,/times  ; Set default font to times (or whatever font you desire).

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