[R] Add notes to a graph

P Ehlers ehlers at math.ucalgary.ca
Mon Dec 26 23:07:43 CET 2005


Just use two title()s:

plot(1)
title("Main Title", cex.main=2)
title(sub = "sub title", cex.sub = 0.75, adj = 0)

Peter Ehlers

Ronnie Babigumira wrote:
> Thank you all, ?sub did the trick. One more question, Is it possible to orientate the "sub title" independently from the 
>   "main title".
> 
> This is what I would like to do, add a title, label the axes, and add a small note to the bottom left of the plot area.
> 
> |-----------------------|
> | 	  Title 	|
> | 	--------|
> | 	| my 	| 	|
> | 	| graph | 	|
> | 	| 	| 	|
> | 	| ______| 	|
> |			|	
> |			|
> |note: source		|
> |-----------------------|
> 
> The example in the help file shows how I can add the title, sub, as well as tweak the size and color.
> plot(1, col.axis = "sky blue", col.lab = "thistle")
> 	title("Main Title", sub = "sub title",
> 	cex.main = 2,   font.main= 4, col.main= "blue",
> 	cex.sub = 0.75, font.sub = 3, col.sub = "red")
> 
> If I add adj = 0, I get what I want, however, both the title and the note (main and sub rspv) both get the same 
> orientation. Any ideas on how one can go about this (adj.sub does not  work)
> 
> Ronnie
> 
> justin bem wrote:
> 
>>Have you try ?legend
>>  or ?text
>>   
>>  Ronnie Babigumira <rb.glists at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>  Hi, I have done a search on this in vain. How can I add a note to the foot of a graph example below
>>
>>|-----------------------|
>>| Title |
>>| -------- |
>>| | my | |
>>| | graph | |
>>| | | |
>>| | ______| |
>>|note: source |
>>|-----------------------|
>>
>>
>>Many thanks
>>
>>Ronnie
>>
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