[R] small ps

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Rafael A. Irizarry wrote:

> Ive created a postscript files that looks just like I want it to look
> except instead of being 6'' x 6'' i want it to be 2''x 2''. i used the
> postscipt() function (R 1.5.1 on redhat). if i use width and
> height in par to change the scale the figure looks terrible cause
> cex,mar,etc.. dont appear to change.
> before i start tinkering with the cex's and mar... is there an easier way
> to make the figure exactly the same but at a smaller scale?

1) Do the shrinking with a postscript wrapper or
2) Change pointsize proportionally to width and height.

Take a look at dev.print, for example.

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