[R] in other words Re: How to use fixed-width fonts such as courier in R

[Xiang Li]

Great. Thanks a lot. That is exactly what I need.

Xiang

On Wed, 25 May 2005, Paul Murrell wrote:

> Hi
>
> Does this do what you want?
>
> postscript("example.ps", fonts=c("sans", "mono"))
> plot(1:10, axes=FALSE, ann=FALSE)
> par(family="sans") # By default Helvetica which is like Arial
> title(xlab="sans serif axis label")
> title(ylab="bold sans serif axis label", font.lab=2)
> par(family="mono") # By default Courier
> axis(1,
>       at=seq(2, 8, 2),
>       label=c("mono", "space", "tick", "labels"))
> axis(2,
>       at=seq(2, 10, 2),
>       label=c("bold", "mono", "space", "tick", "labels"),
>       font.axis=2)
> box()
> dev.off()
>
> You might also want to take a look at the article "Fonts, lines, and
> transparency ..." in R News 4/2
> http://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2004-2.pdf
>
> Paul
>
>
> Xiang Li wrote:
> > the problem is how to use both courier bold font for axis and arial
> > bold font for labelling.  If I use familiy = "courier" in postscript,
> > everything will become courier fonts ......
> >
> > I noticed that in postscirpt help page, we can customize a family such as
> > "family = c("CM_regular_10.afm","CM_boldx_10.afm", "cmti10.afm",
> > "cmbxti10.afm", "CM_symbol_10.afm";
> >
> > However, I tried many times, and just don't know the symbol used in R for
> > courier bold or arial bold, etc.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>  I am trying to use Arial bold for labelling (font.lab =2), and use
> >>the fixed-width Courier bold for axis. I will export the plot to .ps
> >>format. I have been trying to use font.axis = 11, but that doesn't work
> >>when I exported the plot to a .ps file.
> >>
> >>  I have been trying hard to read the help page of "postscript" these few
> >>days, but didn't get the courier font yet.  Can you please help me
> >>figure out how I should use "postscript"? Thanks!
> >>
> >>Best
> >>
> >>Sean
> >>
> >
> >
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