[R] GGSAVE does not save a good version of my graph

[John Kane]

Maybe go to base R?
See "?png"  for various choices.

On Fri, 24 Jul 2026 at 08:08, Ivan Krylov via R-help <r-help using r-project.org>
wrote:

> В Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:18:38 +0000
> "Sorkin, John" <jsorkin using som.umaryland.edu> пишет:
>
> >   ggsave(plot=zz,
> >          path=mypath,
> >          filename=myfilename,
> >          device="tiff",
> >          width=4,height=3,
> >          units="in",
> >          dpi=600)
>
> Hard to give a better answer without seeing the plot, but since you're
> on Windows, try giving the additional argument type="cairo" to
> ggsave(...). Otherwise tiff() uses the old GDI code that doesn't
> perform anti-aliasing. The RStudio graphical device is distinct from
> tiff() and performs anti-aliasing as well.
>
> (Is is a requirement of your publisher to submit TIFF plots? It may be
> possible to preserve them in higher quality as PDF files.)
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Ivan
>
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John Kane
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