[R] Can I increase the size of an asterisk in plotmath()?

[Jim Lemon]

Hi Rolf,
A bit of poking around reveals that different fonts have different
size asterisks. If you are not already using Times Roman, it might be
worth a look. I only have Windows on this (work) PC, so I can't check
the Postscript fonts.

Jim

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> On 01/07/16 01:28, Sarah Goslee wrote:
>>
>> I don't know of an automatic way, but of course you can make it as
>> large as you'd like.
>>
>>
>> plot(1:10, type="n")
>> text(2, 8, expression(paste(bolditalic(p)^"*"))) #Rolf's original
>> text(2, 6,expression(paste(bolditalic(p),"*", sep = ""))) #Goran's
>> suggestion
>>
>>
>> text(2, 3, expression(paste(bolditalic(p)^"*"))) # repeat Rolf's original
>> text(locator(1), "*", cex=3) # click on the asterisk: how big do you want
>> it?
>
>
> That's certainly a possibility, but it requires interactive use, which I
> would like to avoid.  Ideally I would like a solution that is completely
> "code-able".
>
> Thanks.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf
>
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