[R] Fill pattern for Boxplots?

[Greg Snow]

The fill patterns date back to when the main way to get quality graphs
was using a pen plotter.  Filling a rectangle with color using a pen
plotter took a long time and often resulted a soggy hole in the paper,
so the fill lines were preferred back then.  Now with high resolution
screens and printers it is easy to do the flood fill rather than the
patterns.

You need to be careful with the fill patterns, they can end up causing
moire effects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moir%C3%A9_pattern) which
can cause false impressions of movement or distortions of size.

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:56 PM, suse <meyfarth at uni-potsdam.de> wrote:
> Is it possible to fill the boxes of  a boxplot with filling patterns/texture
> instead of colours? Or both mixed? (for example white, grey, left diagonal
> striped, right diagonal striped) How can I do that? I searched here, but
> didn't find an answer.
> Thank you!
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