[R] times family unavailable in postscript device (Ubuntu Linux)
Paul Murrell
p.murrell at auckland.ac.nz
Tue May 12 03:54:26 CEST 2009
Hi
This happens because of the way PostScript files are generated, with all
metadata in the head of the file, including font information. So you
need to "predeclare" any fonts that you are going to use in a PostScript
file. In this case, something like ...
postscript(fonts="Times")
... or if "Times" is the ONLY font that will be used in the file, then
you can just use ...
postscript(family="Times")
... (and then you don't need to specify the family in the call to plot())
Paul
Paul Johnson wrote:
> I'm running Ubuntu 9.04. I could use some advice about fonts in
> postscript devices.
>
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.9.0 (2009-04-17)
> i486-pc-linux-gnu
>
> locale:
> LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=C;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
>
> I can use family="Times" with pdf output, but postscript refuses. It says:
>
>
>> plot(rnorm(10),rnorm(10), family="Times")
> Error in axis(side = side, at = at, labels = labels, ...) :
> family 'Times' not included in PostScript device
>
> This happens even though Times *appears* to be listed as a valid family :
>
>> names(postscriptFonts())
> [1] "serif" "sans" "mono"
> [4] "AvantGarde" "Bookman" "Courier"
> [7] "Helvetica" "Helvetica-Narrow" "NewCenturySchoolbook"
> [10] "Palatino" "Times" "URWGothic"
> [13] "URWBookman" "NimbusMon" "NimbusSan"
> [16] "URWHelvetica" "NimbusSanCond" "CenturySch"
> [19] "URWPalladio" "NimbusRom" "URWTimes"
> [22] "ComputerModern" "ComputerModernItalic" "Japan1"
> [25] "Japan1HeiMin" "Japan1GothicBBB" "Japan1Ryumin"
> [28] "Korea1" "Korea1deb" "CNS1"
> [31] "GB1"
>
>> example(postscriptFonts)
>
> pstscF> postscriptFonts()
> $serif
> $family
> [1] "Times"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "Times-Roman.afm" "Times-Bold.afm" "Times-Italic.afm"
> [4] "Times-BoldItalic.afm" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $sans
> $family
> [1] "Helvetica"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "Helvetica.afm" "Helvetica-Bold.afm"
> [3] "Helvetica-Oblique.afm" "Helvetica-BoldOblique.afm"
> [5] "Symbol.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $mono
> $family
> [1] "Courier"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "Courier.afm" "Courier-Bold.afm"
> [3] "Courier-Oblique.afm" "Courier-BoldOblique.afm"
> [5] "Symbol.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $AvantGarde
> $family
> [1] "AvantGarde"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "agw_____.afm" "agd_____.afm" "agwo____.afm" "agdo____.afm" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $Bookman
> $family
> [1] "Bookman"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "bkl_____.afm" "bkd_____.afm" "bkli____.afm" "bkdi____.afm" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $Courier
> $family
> [1] "Courier"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "Courier.afm" "Courier-Bold.afm"
> [3] "Courier-Oblique.afm" "Courier-BoldOblique.afm"
> [5] "Symbol.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $Helvetica
> $family
> [1] "Helvetica"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "Helvetica.afm" "Helvetica-Bold.afm"
> [3] "Helvetica-Oblique.afm" "Helvetica-BoldOblique.afm"
> [5] "Symbol.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $`Helvetica-Narrow`
> $family
> [1] "Helvetica-Narrow"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "hvn_____.afm" "hvnb____.afm" "hvno____.afm" "hvnbo___.afm" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $NewCenturySchoolbook
> $family
> [1] "NewCenturySchoolbook"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "ncr_____.afm" "ncb_____.afm" "nci_____.afm" "ncbi____.afm" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $Palatino
> $family
> [1] "Palatino"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "por_____.afm" "pob_____.afm" "poi_____.afm" "pobi____.afm" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $Times
> $family
> [1] "Times"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "Times-Roman.afm" "Times-Bold.afm" "Times-Italic.afm"
> [4] "Times-BoldItalic.afm" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $URWGothic
> $family
> [1] "URWGothic"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "a010013l.afm" "a010015l.afm" "a010033l.afm" "a010035l.afm" "s050000l.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $URWBookman
> $family
> [1] "URWBookman"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "b018012l.afm" "b018015l.afm" "b018032l.afm" "b018035l.afm" "s050000l.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $NimbusMon
> $family
> [1] "NimbusMon"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "n022003l.afm" "n022004l.afm" "n022023l.afm" "n022024l.afm" "s050000l.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $NimbusSan
> $family
> [1] "NimbusSan"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "n019003l.afm" "n019004l.afm" "n019023l.afm" "n019024l.afm" "s050000l.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $URWHelvetica
> $family
> [1] "URWHelvetica"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "n019003l.afm" "n019004l.afm" "n019023l.afm" "n019024l.afm" "s050000l.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $NimbusSanCond
> $family
> [1] "NimbusSanCond"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "n019043l.afm" "n019044l.afm" "n019063l.afm" "n019064l.afm" "s050000l.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $CenturySch
> $family
> [1] "CenturySch"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "c059013l.afm" "c059016l.afm" "c059033l.afm" "c059036l.afm" "s050000l.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $URWPalladio
> $family
> [1] "URWPalladio"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "p052003l.afm" "p052004l.afm" "p052023l.afm" "p052024l.afm" "s050000l.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $NimbusRom
> $family
> [1] "NimbusRom"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "n021003l.afm" "n021004l.afm" "n021023l.afm" "n021024l.afm" "s050000l.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $URWTimes
> $family
> [1] "URWTimes"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "n021003l.afm" "n021004l.afm" "n021023l.afm" "n021024l.afm" "s050000l.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "default"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $ComputerModern
> $family
> [1] "ComputerModern"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "CM_regular_10.afm" "CM_boldx_10.afm" "CM_italic_10.afm"
> [4] "CM_boldx_italic_10.afm" "CM_symbol_10.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "TeXtext.enc"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $ComputerModernItalic
> $family
> [1] "ComputerModernItalic"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "CM_regular_10.afm" "CM_boldx_10.afm" "cmti10.afm"
> [4] "cmbxti10.afm" "CM_symbol_10.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "TeXtext.enc"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
> $Japan1
> $family
> [1] "HeiseiKakuGo-W5"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "" "" "" "" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $cmap
> [1] "EUC-H"
>
> $cmapEncoding
> [1] "EUC-JP"
>
> $pdfresource
> [1] ""
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "CIDFont"
>
> $Japan1HeiMin
> $family
> [1] "HeiseiMin-W3"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "" "" "" "" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $cmap
> [1] "EUC-H"
>
> $cmapEncoding
> [1] "EUC-JP"
>
> $pdfresource
> [1] ""
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "CIDFont"
>
> $Japan1GothicBBB
> $family
> [1] "GothicBBB-Medium"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "" "" "" "" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $cmap
> [1] "EUC-H"
>
> $cmapEncoding
> [1] "EUC-JP"
>
> $pdfresource
> [1] ""
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "CIDFont"
>
> $Japan1Ryumin
> $family
> [1] "Ryumin-Light"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "" "" "" "" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $cmap
> [1] "EUC-H"
>
> $cmapEncoding
> [1] "EUC-JP"
>
> $pdfresource
> [1] ""
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "CIDFont"
>
> $Korea1
> $family
> [1] "Baekmuk-Batang"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "" "" "" "" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $cmap
> [1] "KSCms-UHC-H"
>
> $cmapEncoding
> [1] "CP949"
>
> $pdfresource
> [1] ""
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "CIDFont"
>
> $Korea1deb
> $family
> [1] "Batang-Regular"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "" "" "" "" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $cmap
> [1] "KSCms-UHC-H"
>
> $cmapEncoding
> [1] "CP949"
>
> $pdfresource
> [1] ""
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "CIDFont"
>
> $CNS1
> $family
> [1] "MOESung-Regular"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "" "" "" "" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $cmap
> [1] "B5pc-H"
>
> $cmapEncoding
> [1] "CP950"
>
> $pdfresource
> [1] ""
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "CIDFont"
>
> $GB1
> $family
> [1] "BousungEG-Light-GB"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "" "" "" "" "Symbol.afm"
>
> $cmap
> [1] "GBK-EUC-H"
>
> $cmapEncoding
> [1] "GBK"
>
> $pdfresource
> [1] ""
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "CIDFont"
>
> $CMitalic
> $family
> [1] "ComputerModern2"
>
> $metrics
> [1] "CM_regular_10.afm" "CM_boldx_10.afm" "cmti10.afm"
> [4] "cmbxti10.afm" "CM_symbol_10.afm"
>
> $encoding
> [1] "TeXtext.enc"
>
> attr(,"class")
> [1] "Type1Font"
>
>
> pstscF> ## This duplicates "ComputerModernItalic".
> pstscF> CMitalic <- Type1Font("ComputerModern2",
> pstscF+ c("CM_regular_10.afm", "CM_boldx_10.afm",
> pstscF+ "cmti10.afm", "cmbxti10.afm",
> pstscF+ "CM_symbol_10.afm"),
> pstscF+ encoding = "TeXtext.enc")
>
> pstscF> postscriptFonts(CMitalic = CMitalic)
>
> pstscF> ## A CID font for Japanese using a different CMap and
> pstscF> ## corresponding cmapEncoding.
> pstscF> `Jp_UCS-2` <- CIDFont("TestUCS2",
> pstscF+ c("Adobe-Japan1-UniJIS-UCS2-H.afm",
> pstscF+ "Adobe-Japan1-UniJIS-UCS2-H.afm",
> pstscF+ "Adobe-Japan1-UniJIS-UCS2-H.afm",
> pstscF+ "Adobe-Japan1-UniJIS-UCS2-H.afm"),
> pstscF+ "UniJIS-UCS2-H", "UCS-2")
>
> pstscF> pdfFonts(`Jp_UCS-2` = `Jp_UCS-2`)
>
> pstscF> names(pdfFonts())
> [1] "serif" "sans" "mono"
> [4] "AvantGarde" "Bookman" "Courier"
> [7] "Helvetica" "Helvetica-Narrow" "NewCenturySchoolbook"
> [10] "Palatino" "Times" "URWGothic"
> [13] "URWBookman" "NimbusMon" "NimbusSan"
> [16] "URWHelvetica" "NimbusSanCond" "CenturySch"
> [19] "URWPalladio" "NimbusRom" "URWTimes"
> [22] "Japan1" "Japan1HeiMin" "Japan1GothicBBB"
> [25] "Japan1Ryumin" "Korea1" "Korea1deb"
> [28] "CNS1" "GB1" "Jp_UCS-2"
--
Dr Paul Murrell
Department of Statistics
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland
New Zealand
64 9 3737599 x85392
paul at stat.auckland.ac.nz
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/
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