[R] PDF file creation, font problem

Benilton Carvalho bcarvalh at jhsph.edu
Fri Nov 9 19:01:55 CET 2007


what has been suggested, for a while on the mailing list now, is to 
upgrade R to the patched version.

On Nov 9, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Kris Lockyear wrote:

>
> I have recently installed R v. 2.6.0. I am running Windows XP.  I have 
> done the package update as recommended by Brian Ripley.
>
> I wish to create a PDF version of a graph but I am getting the error 
> messages:
>
> Error: Invalid font type
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: font family not found in PostScript font database
> 2: font family not found in PostScript font database
>
> I am using the standard font family "serif" and had no problem with 
> this in my previous R version (2.4.0).
>
> I did a search in the help archives and came up with one previous 
> posting on 11th Oct but there wasn't a useful reply.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Best wishes, Kris.



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