[R] Jpeg and pixel

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, thomas.schwander at mvv.de wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I've got tthe following question:
>
> Why do my fonts look a bit grubby when I use the jpeg() function? I see
> the pixels of the font. The quality is set to 100%.
> If this is normal with jpeg(), which function would you propose me to
> use instead?

png(), as the help page suggested.  The 'P' in JPEG stands for 
'Photographic', and the format is not intended for text and line diagrams.

>
> Kind regards,
> Thomas
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