[Rd] error in text.default (PR#8034)
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk
ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Tue Jul 26 08:07:27 CEST 2005
This is not an error in R but in your X11 fonts setup. It is R reporting
your configuration problem to you.
What dpi is your screen? If more than 75dpi (very likely these days), do
you have 100dpi fonts installed and in your path? We have seen that
configuration mistake cause this on SuSe before.
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 zac at zjbnewton.demon.co.uk wrote:
> Full_Name: roger newton
> Version: 2.1.1
> OS: SuSe linux 9.2
> Submission from: (NULL) (80.176.228.157)
>
>
>> data(trees)
>> plot(trees)
> Error in text.default(x, y, txt, cex = cex, font = font) :
> X11 font at size 16 could not be loaded
>
>
> Attempting to plot dataframe trees fails with error message as shown.
>
> Get similar message (but font size 22) when run demo(graphics).
>
> Got same error with rpm of R from CRAN linux/SuSe/9.2 (with and without latest
> patch) and with downloaded and compiled source code from CRAN (with and without
> latest patch).
>
> Is problem with R or fonts on my PC? Windows 2000 version of R on another
> machine works OK
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