[R-sig-Debian] Default R Font Changed After Upgrade to Debian 8

[Dario Strbenac]

Good day,

The code is :

png("grainy.png", h = 600, w = 900)
plot(1:10, main = "abcedfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", cex.main = 4, cex.lab = 4, cex.axis = 4)
dev.off()

and the server has the characteristics :

> getOption("bitmapType")
[1] "cairo"

> sessionInfo()
R version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C           LC_TIME=C.UTF-8       
 [4] LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8     LC_MONETARY=C.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=C.UTF-8   
 [7] LC_PAPER=C.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C              LC_ADDRESS=C          
[10] LC_TELEPHONE=C         LC_MEASUREMENT=C.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C   

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

> capabilities()
       jpeg         png        tiff       tcltk         X11        aqua 
       TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE       FALSE 
   http/ftp     sockets      libxml        fifo      cledit       iconv 
       TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE 
        NLS     profmem       cairo         ICU long.double     libcurl 
       TRUE       FALSE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE

~$ dpkg -l | grep cairo
ii  libcairo-gobject2:amd64                                     1.14.0-2.1                              amd64        Cairo 2D vector graphics library (GObject library)
ii  libcairo-perl                                               1.104-2                                 amd64        Perl interface to the Cairo graphics library
ii  libcairo-script-interpreter2:amd64                          1.14.0-2.1                              amd64        Cairo 2D vector graphics library (script interpreter)
ii  libcairo2:amd64                                             1.14.0-2.1                              amd64        Cairo 2D vector graphics library
ii  libcairo2-dev                                               1.14.0-2.1                              amd64        Development files for the Cairo 2D graphics library
ii  libmono-cairo2.0-cil                                        3.2.8+dfsg-10                           all          Mono Cairo library (for CLI 2.0)
ii  libmono-cairo4.0-cil                                        3.2.8+dfsg-10                           all          Mono Cairo library (for CLI 4.0)
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0:amd64                                   1.36.8-3                                amd64        Layout and rendering of internationalized text
ii  libpixman-1-0:amd64                                         0.32.6-3                                amd64        pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo
ii  libpixman-1-dev                                             0.32.6-3                                amd64        pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo (development files)
ii  python-cairo                                                1.8.8-1+b2                              amd64        Python bindings for the Cairo vector graphics library
ii  python-gi-cairo                                             3.14.0-1                                amd64        Python Cairo bindings for the GObject library
ii  python3-cairo                                               1.10.0+dfsg-4+b1                        amd64        Python 3 bindings for the Cairo vector graphics library
ii  python3-gi-cairo                                            3.14.0-1                                amd64        Python 3 Cairo bindings for the GObject library

I recently noticed it also affects other software, like Firefox internet browser.

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Dario Strbenac
PhD Student
University of Sydney
Camperdown NSW 2050
Australia