;
; Note: This example will not run with Version 4.1 or earlier of NCL.
;       If you are licensed for version 4.1 of NCAR Graphics and are
;       interested in getting a *test* version of NCL that will work with 
;       this example, send email to ncargfx@ucar.edu.
;
;       This example makes use of the GSUN functions and procedures for
;       generating graphics.  If you would like more information on GSUN,
;       go to the URL:  http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ngdoc/ng/ug/ncl/gsun/
;
   
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclex/gsun/gsn_code.ncl"  ; Load the NCL file
                                                      ; that contains the gsn_*
                                                      ; functions used below.
begin
  wks = gsn_open_wks("x11","example1")  ; Open an X11 window.

  textres = True  ; Variable to hold text resources.

;
; In the lines below, "txFontColor" is the resource for changing the
; font color of a text string, "gsn_text_ndc" draws a text string
; in NDC space, and ":F26:" in the text string is a special function code 
; that changes the font to times-bold.
;
  textres@txFontColor = "red"
  gsn_text_ndc(wks,":F26:Red String",0.5,0.2,textres)

  textres@txFontColor = "green"
  gsn_text_ndc(wks,":F26:Green String",0.5,0.4,textres)

  textres@txFontColor = "blue"
  gsn_text_ndc(wks,":F26:Blue String",0.5,0.6,textres)

  textres@txFontColor = "Yellow"
  gsn_text_ndc(wks,":F26:Yellow String",0.5,0.8,textres) 

  frame(wks) ; Advance the frame.
end