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 The first part of a Computer Graphics Metafile, the metafile description,
 includes a font table.  In the picture body, a font is designated by an
 index into this table.  By default, this terminal generates a table with
 the following 16 fonts, plus six more with `italic` replaced by
 `oblique`, or vice-versa (since at least the Microsoft Office and Corel
 Draw CGM import filters treat `italic` and `oblique` as equivalent):
       Helvetica
       Helvetica Bold
       Helvetica Oblique
       Helvetica Bold Oblique
       Times Roman
       Times Bold
       Times Italic
       Times Bold Italic
       Courier
       Courier Bold
       Courier Oblique
       Courier Bold Oblique
       Symbol
       Hershey/Cartographic_Roman
       Hershey/Cartographic_Greek
       Hershey/Simplex_Roman
       Hershey/Simplex_Greek
       Hershey/Simplex_Script
       Hershey/Complex_Roman
       Hershey/Complex_Greek
       Hershey/Complex_Script
       Hershey/Complex_Italic
       Hershey/Complex_Cyrillic
       Hershey/Duplex_Roman
       Hershey/Triplex_Roman
       Hershey/Triplex_Italic
       Hershey/Gothic_German
       Hershey/Gothic_English
       Hershey/Gothic_Italian
       Hershey/Symbol_Set_1
       Hershey/Symbol_Set_2
       Hershey/Symbol_Math
       ZapfDingbats
       Script
       15
 The first thirteen of these fonts are required for WebCGM.  The
 Microsoft Office CGM import filter implements the 13 standard fonts
 listed above, and also 'ZapfDingbats' and 'Script'.  However, the
 script font may only be accessed under the name '15'.  For more on
 Microsoft import filter font substitutions, check its help file which
 you may find here:
   C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Cgmimp32.hlp
 and/or its configuration file, which you may find here:
   C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Grphflt\Cgmimp32.cfg

 In the `set term` (Note: terminal ) command, you may specify a font name
 which does not appear in the default font table.  In that case, a new font
 table is constructed with the specified font as its first entry. You must
 ensure that the spelling, capitalization, and spacing of the name are
 appropriate for the application that will read the CGM file.  (Gnuplot and any
 MIL-D-28003A compliant application ignore case in font names.) If you need to
 add several new fonts, use several `set term` commands.

 Example:
       set terminal cgm 'Old English'
       set terminal cgm 'Tengwar'
       set terminal cgm 'Arabic'
       set output 'myfile.cgm'
       plot ...
       set output

 You cannot introduce a new font in a `set label` (Note: label ) command.2
 fontsize Fonts are scaled assuming the page is 6 inches wide.  If the `size`
 (Note: size ) command is used to change the aspect ratio of the page or the
 CGM file is converted to a different width, the resulting font sizes will be
 scaled up or down accordingly.  To change the assumed width, use the `width`
 (Note: width ) option.