diff -ur gnuplot-3.7.1.orig/term/post.trm gnuplot-3.7.1/term/post.trm
--- gnuplot-3.7.1.orig/term/post.trm	Thu Aug 19 15:16:33 1999
+++ gnuplot-3.7.1/term/post.trm	Fri Feb  4 14:31:07 2000
@@ -444,6 +444,12 @@
 /* filled box : usage   x1 y1 x2 y2 BoxFill */
 "/BoxFill { gsave Rec 1 setgray fill grestore } def\n",
 
+/* oblique symbol font, e.g. set xlabel 'b' "Symbol-Oblique"
+   gives an oblique (slanted) beta character */
+"/Symbol-Oblique /Symbol findfont [1 0 .167 1 0 0] makefont\n",
+"dup length dict begin {1 index /FID eq {pop pop} {def} ifelse} forall\n",
+"currentdict end definefont\n",
+
 NULL
 };