[R] Latin 2 encoding + fonts

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Miha STAUT wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In the FAQ I read about options to specify different fonts than the default
> ones for the console (in the file Rprofile) and for the graphical output
> (Rdevga). I would however like to replace Latin 1 with Latin 2 enconding for
> both (console and graphical) output in Windows and just graphical output in
> Linux.

You are confusing fonts with encodings.

Windows does not use either Latin 1 or Latin 2, and R for Windows does not
encode for the console or the graphical device.  Just use the Windows
version of a ISO-8859-2 locale and a font supported by your locale (almost
all under NT, fewer under Win9x).

> I guess it is possible but I did not find the way.
>
> How can I use the fonts (*.afm) and the (presumably) encondings (*.enc) in
> R/rw1081/afm? How do I know what are the real font names. Are those only the
> ones listed in the man page for Hershey?

This is nothing to do with Hershey.  All the information you need is on the
help page for postscript().

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