On 2011-04-06 15:21, Marius Hofert wrote: > Haha, I found a hack (using the letter "l"): > > plot(0,0,main=expression(italic(X)[1]^bolditalic("l"))) To my eye, this is a bit neater: expression(italic(X)[1]^bold("/")) Peter > > Cheers, > > Marius