[R] Changing font type within y axis labels

[David Winsemius]

On Jul 29, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Eik Vettorazzi wrote:

> 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.

And the paste() is not really needed:

mtext(expression("Total Landings of"~italic("Pecten  
maximus")~"(tonnes)"),
            side=2,  line=3)

-- 
David.
>
> 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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>> Using plot:
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>> mtext("Total Landings of Pecten maximus (tonnes)",font,=3, side=2,
>> line=3)
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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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>> Phil
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>> Dr Philip Boulcott
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT