[Rd] svg ignores cex.axis in R3.5.1 on macOS

[Spencer Graves]

On 2018-08-31 14:21, Spencer Graves wrote:
> Plots produced using svg in R 3.5.1 under macOS 10.13.6 ignores 
> cex.axis=2.  Consider the following:
>
>
> > plot(1:2, cex.axis=2)
> > svg('svg_ignores_cex.axis.svg')
> > plot(1:2, cex.axis=2)
> > dev.off()
> > sessionInfo()
> R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
> Running under: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
>
> Matrix products: default
> BLAS: 
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib
> LAPACK: 
> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
>
> locale:
> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods base
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] compiler_3.5.1
>
>
>       ** The axis labels are appropriately expanded with the first 
> "plot(1:2, cex.axis=2)".  However, when I wrote that to an svg file 
> and opened it in other applications (GIMP and Safari), the cex.axis 
> request was ignored.  This also occurred inside RStudio on my Mac. It 
> worked properly using R 3.2.1 under Windows 7.


I just confirmed that when I created a file like this under Windows 7 
and brought it back to my Mac, it displayed fine.  I have not tried this 
with the current version of R under Windows 7 nor an old version of R on 
my Mac.  Thanks.  Spencer
>
>
>       Thanks,
>       Spencer Graves
>
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