[R-SIG-Mac] quartz() cannot find fonts

[David Winsemius]

I cannot reproduce the problem on 2.10.0 with Leopard. You would have  
a higher concentration of Mac-R experts on the R-SIG-Mac list.

 > quartz()
 > hist(rnorm(100))
 > sessionInfo()
R version 2.10.0 RC (2009-10-20 r50178)
x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0

locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

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

other attached packages:
[1] chron_2.3-33

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_2.10.0
 >

-- 
David
On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Peter Dunn wrote:

> Thanks Byron.
>
> Is there a way to ensure this happens automatically on the Mac?  (As  
> the example code shows, I didn't explicitly request any particular  
> font.)
>
> The help for quartz() states Helvetic *is* the default font.
>
> This partially works, but it looks like "Arial" is still, somewhere  
> and somehow, being beckoned.  I don't know how R on the Mac works to  
> know what's going on:
>
>> quartz(family="Helvetica")
>> hist(rnorm(100))
> There were 19 warnings (use warnings() to see them)
>> warnings()
> Warning messages:
> 1: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,  ... :
>  no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 2: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,  ... :
>  no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 3: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,  ... :
>  no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 4: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,  ... :
>  no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 5: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,  ... :
>  no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 6: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 7: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 8: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 9: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 10: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 11: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 12: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 13: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 14: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 15: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 16: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 17: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 18: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
> 19: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>
>
>
>
> I appreciate the advice.
>
>
>
> P.
>
>
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>>>> On 17/12/2009 at 03:11 PM, in message
> <94D68D9B-A844-455A-A82C-D46BBC5CACE5 at gmail.com>, Byron Ellis
> <byron.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Arial is a Microsoft font, try switching to Helvetica (Arial is a
>> clone of this font)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 16, 2009, at 8:58 PM, "Peter Dunn" <pdunn2 at usc.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I am a long-time R user, who has just recently traded in my old
>>> linux box for a Mac.  That is, I am reasonably familiar with R, but
>>> not (yet) with Macs.
>>>
>>> I am having this problem when producing graphics with quartz() (but
>>> not x11()):
>>>
>>>> quartz()
>>>> hist(rnorm(100))
>>> There were 23 warnings (use warnings() to see them)
>>>> warnings()
>>> Warning messages:
>>> 1: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,  ... :
>>> no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 2: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,  ... :
>>> no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 3: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,  ... :
>>> no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 4: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,  ... :
>>> no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 5: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,  ... :
>>> no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 6: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 7: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 8: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 9: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 10: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 11: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 12: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 13: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 14: In axis(1, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 15: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 16: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 17: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 18: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 19: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 20: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 21: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 22: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>> 23: In axis(2, ...) : no font could be found for family "Arial"
>>>> sessionInfo()
>>> R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14)
>>> x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0
>>>
>>> locale:
>>> [1] en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/C/C/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8
>>>
>>> attached base packages:
>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>
>>>
>>> This problem has been reported before on the list, but has not (as
>>> far as I can see) been resolved.
>>>
>>> Any advice much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks as always.
>>>
>>> P.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> School of Health and Sport Science
>>> Faculty of Science, Health and Education  ML-34
>>> University of the Sunshine Coast, Locked Bag 4
>>> Maroochydore DC Qld 4558
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