Legend with different fonts in gmt6.1 on linux does not work

Q&A
1

Hi all,
I run gmt on linux and appreciate the modern style in gmt6. I want to set a legend with deviating header font. It works when switching to gmt 5.4 on same computer (of course with a different pslegend command).
The command with gmt6.1 reads

 gmt begin a61
    gmt legend -JX5/5 -R0/5/0/5 -DjBR+o0.5c -Fi+gwhite+pthick -S1.3 --FONT_ANNOT_PRIMARY=10p,Helvetica << EOF 
    H 12p,Helvetica-Bold Models 
    S - - - - thin,gray - t2 n512 j170
    S - - - - thin,red - t2 n512 j340
    S - - - - thick,purple,8_4:0p - t1 tefe j1024
    EOF
 gmt end

In the generated pdf, the Helvetica-Bold font is ignored, only the size of the header is set correctly to 12p. The font remains being Helvetica. I don’t know if this is a general bug or related to the gmt installation on my computer, so I placed it first here.

2

I can confirm the bug. I have opened an issue at https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt/issues/4707
Thanks for pointing it out.

3

Bug fixed in the repo: https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt/pull/4708

4

thanks a lot. So I wait for the next release, where it is fixed.

5

If you need the result more urgently, the alternative to waiting for the next release is building from source, with instructions here.