[R] Font family not found in Windows font database

[Mark Ebbert]

That did it. Thanks!

On Dec 1, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Paul Murrell wrote:

> Hi
> 
> On 2/12/2010 4:55 a.m., Mark Ebbert wrote:
>> Dear R Gurus,
>> 
>> I have a fairly simple problem, but I haven't been able to find the
>> answer on 'the google' or in the r-help archives.
>> 
>> I am generating plots on both Windows and OS X where I need to
>> guarantee that the font used is Arial. In my plot command I specify
>> 'fontfamily="Arial"'. The problem is that on Windows I'm getting the
>> following warning: Warning message: In grid.Call.graphics("L_text",
>> as.graphicsAnnot(x$label), x$x,  : Font family not found in Windows
>> font database
>> 
>> Here is my plot call. I have not included supporting code, as I don't
>> believe it's necessary:
>> graph<-barchart(3.7,xlim=c(0,10),main="",xlab="", aspect=.1,
>> col=rgb(21,101,112,maxColorValue=255),scales=list(x=list(tick.number=10,tck=c(1,0),fontfamily="Arial",fontsize=10)),
>> 
>> 
> panel=scorePnl,par.settings=theme.novpadding,lowCut=pgrLowCut,highCut=pgrHighCut)
>> 
>> In my research I've found that the default for Windows is Arial
>> anyway, but I should be able to specify the font without a warning. I
>> further checked the available fonts in the windows font database by
>> using 'windowsFonts()' and found an entry for 'TT Arial', however,
>> specifying 'TT Arial' produces the same error.
>> 
>> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> If you want to be sure of getting Arial, you could specify an explicit 
> Windows Font mapping, for example, ...
> 
> windowsFonts(Arial=windowsFont("TT Arial"))
> barchart(1, scales=list(x=list(fontfamily="Arial")))
> 
> Paul
> 
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