[R] Changing font in boxplots

[Robert Baer]

> Hi John,
>
> Thanks so much for such a quick reply.
> I have tried to set all to Times font running
>
> par(font.lab=6) (not 4, maybe this is a local setting on my machine?)
>
> but now the boxplot shown has the x and y labels in Times New Roman and 
> the
> x and y axis still in Arial. Any idea why R is not setting those in Times?

Try
par(font.axis=6)

>
> Thanks a lot for your advice,
> Graziella
>
> --On 08 August 2007 09:16 -0400 John Kane <jrkrideau at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>> I don't know if boxplot will accept a font argument.m
>> From ?boxplot it is not clear.
>> You may need to set the par() command before the
>> boxplot
>>
>> Example:
>> par(font.lab=4)
>> boxplot(mass ~ family, data=mydata, ylab="mass %",
>> xlab="family",las=1, cex.axis=1)
>>
>> --- "G Iossa, School Biological Sciences"
>> <G.Iossa at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am very new to R and this might be a simple
>>> question but I have looked
>>> everywhere you suggest before writing to you.
>>>
>>> I am trying to change font type from san-serif to a
>>> serif (Times New
>>> Romans) on all labels and axis of my boxplot. I have
>>> used this function in
>>> other plots before, e.g.:
>>>
>>> plot(residuals~lnlifespan, data=mydata, pch=psymb,
>>> font=6, xlab="ln
>>> reproductive lifespan", ylab="residuals ln mass",
>>> font.lab=6, cex=1.5,
>>> cex.axis=1.5, cex.lab=1.5)
>>>
>>> and found that font.lab or font.axis=6 gives Times
>>> font. However, when I
>>> try for boxplot:
>>>
>>> boxplot(mass ~ family, data=mydata, ylab="mass %",
>>> xlab="family",
>>> font.axis=6,  font=6, par(las=1), cex.axis=1)
>>>
>>> it does not work (R does not give any warning
>>> messages). I have also tried
>>> family="Times" but without success. Any idea of why
>>> is not doing it and
>>> what I can do to get Times font on my boxplot?
>>> I run R on Windows.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>> Graziella
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>
>
> *****************************************************
> Dr. Graziella Iossa
>
> Mammal Research Unit
> School Biological Sciences
> University of Bristol
> Woodland Road
> Bristol BS8 1UG, UK
>
> E-mail: G.Iossa at bristol.ac.uk
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> Fax 0044 (0)117 3317985
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HTH
Rob