[R] specify font family for postscript device [was: Re: Subscript in axis label]

[Tobias Verbeke]

pm509 at york.ac.uk wrote:

> Dear R help list members,

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> A related query is that the journal I want to publish this figure in 
> specifies that if EPS format is used, the font should be either Arial, 
> Courier, Helvetica, Times or Symbol. Is one of these the default font for 
> an EPS file in R, and if not, is there a possibility of changing it?

See ?postscript and in particular the family argument the details of
which are treated in the Families section.

HTH,
Tobias

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