[R-sig-Debian] Font issue under X11() (Ubuntu 20.04)

[Wolfgang Viechtbauer]

On Tue, 23 Aug 2022, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> On 23 August 2022 at 15:04, Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (NP) wrote:
> | Hi all,
> |
> | Using R under (X)ubuntu 20.04 here. I just noticed that the equal symbol
> | (and other symbols like <>) are hanging kinda low under X11(). For example,
> | if I run this code:
> |
> | plot(NA, xlim=c(0,2), ylim=c(0,2))
> | text(1,1,"P = 0.01", cex=2)
> | abline(h=1)
> |
> | then the = symbol is completely below the horizontal line, which looks a bit
> | off. I can fix this with X11.options(family="...") by using a different font,
> | but I am just wondering if there is something misconfigued on my system or if
> | other people are seeing the same thing.
> |
> | Running R with 'FC_DEBUG=1 R' shows that
> |
> | family: "Nimbus Sans"(w)
> |
> | is apparently used as the default.
>
> Looks to be the same for me under 22.04, but I am not sure what if anything I
> can do for you here.  The package builds do nothing special with respect to
> font configuration, setup, or load. "It's just R and x11."
>
> Maybe a private email to Paul Murrell is the best way forward as this is
> likely deep inside R ...

Ok, thanks for confirming that this is not just some weird config on my 
end. Will consider getting in your with Paul.

Best,
Wolfgang