[R] Changing font type within y axis labels

[Eik Vettorazzi]

Hi Philip,
have a look at ?plotmath and try

mtext(expression(paste("Total Landings of"~~italic("Pecten
maximus"),"(tonnes)")), side=2,line=2)

"~~" is used for extra space between plain and italic font, but that
might be a matter of taste.

hth.

Am 29.07.2011 15:34, schrieb Philip Boulcott:
> I wish place the following axis label in such a manner that some of the
> text is plain and the scientific name is in italics (i.e. a mixture of
> two font types)
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> mtext("Total Landings of Pecten maximus (tonnes)",font,=3, side=2,
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> makes everything italic, but how do I apply the font change to only
> "Pecten maximus"?
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> Rgds
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