[R-SIG-Mac] question: cex inside plot()

[Todd A. Johnson]

Here's an answer by Professor Ripley to the R-help list a few years ago to
the same question:
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/01a/0413.html

Basically, cex set using par sets the initial scale at a global level across
all elements of a plot, but cex set locally inside plot() just changes the
scale of plotted points and text.  Try changing your plot type to type="p"
or type="b", and you will see cex inside plot() change the size of the
plotted symbols; if you just used type="l", you would not see a difference,
since line width and type is controlled through other settings.

Setting cex.axis, cex.lab, cex.sub, cex.main within plot() will set the
scale of axis annotations, x&y labels, sub-titles, and main titles with
respect to the current par setting of cex.

Best wishes,

Todd



On 6/24/08 Tuesday, June 24, 2008,6:16 AM, "Carl Witthoft"
<carl at witthoft.com> wrote:

> According to the documentation, the scaling parameter 'cex' is callable
> inside plot().  However,  I can't get it to change anything.
> 
> If I set cex using par(),  the graph parameters scale appropriately.
> 
> Is this a bug, is it a Mac-only (quartz) bug, or something else?
> 
> thanks
> Carl
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