<p>Does anyone know what software was used in many old scientific papers (please see attached example). I love the clean look of the graph and the typeface.
Thanks.
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uLABG.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Graph example</a></p>

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2018-10-30T15:26:27.503Z
Could it be an old version of gnuplot? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnuplot
Simon F
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2018-10-31T15:18:44.320Z
Thanks for the suggestions. That particular Figure is from the 1990s, but I've seen the style in older papers too. I may ask some of my more senior colleagues what they remember using back in the old days!
Dan B
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2018-11-05T20:18:31.717Z
Not sure if you'd have better results on [hsm.se], but might be worth a quick search there. [retrocomputing.se] is probably more of a long shot
trichoplax is on Codidact now
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Plotting software used in old scientific papers
Dan B
# Plotting software used in old scientific papers

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-30)

Does anyone know what software was used in many old scientific papers (please see attached example). I love the clean look of the graph and the typeface.
Thanks.
[Graph example](https://i.sstatic.net/uLABG.png)

**Tags:** vector-graphics

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Could it be an old version of gnuplot? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnuplot  
> **username_0**: Thanks for the suggestions. That particular Figure is from the 1990s, but I've seen the style in older papers too. I may ask some of my more senior colleagues what they remember using back in the old days!  
> **username_2**: Not sure if you'd have better results on [hsm.se], but might be worth a quick search there. [retrocomputing.se] is probably more of a long shot  

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