Correction

The warnings section in ?png indicate that Helvetica is the default font.
Now I need to verify if this is true for my plot and find out where this
font is located on my system


On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Sébastien Bihorel <pomchip@free.fr> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Thank you for your response.
>
> I use png devices to create my plots. Looking at ?pdfFonts and ?Type1Font,
> I believe these fonts only apply to pdf devices. Additionally, ?grid::gpar
> and ?png are not specific about default font options.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Sebastien
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 12:21 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Sébastien Bihorel wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have this set of R scripts which are ran on a linux box and create
>> plots
>> > with the lattice package. I do not specify any custom font family, so I
>> > believe that whatever is the default font on my system is used in the
>> plot.
>> > 1- how can I know which is the default font used in my plots?
>> > 2- is this font specific to R or can it be used by external tools?
>> > 3- if this font can be used by external tools, how can I know the
>> location
>> > of this font on my system?
>>
>> Fonts are specific to the graphical device being used. You have not
>> specified what device you are using.
>>
>> ?Devices
>>
>> The fonts are provided by your OS setup.
>>
>> ?pdfFonts
>> ?Type1Font
>> ?grid::gpar
>>
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for your help
>> >
>> > Sebastien
>> >
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>>
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>>
>> --
>> David Winsemius
>> Alameda, CA, USA
>>
>>
>

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