[R-SIG-Mac] Text will not appear on any graph

[David Winsemius]

On Sep 4, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Adrian wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am having trouble displaying graphs in R.  Whenever I create  
> graphs, no
> axes labels, numerical scales, or titles are displayed.  If I use the
> "text()" function to explicitly add text to the graph, no text is  
> displayed.
> I can see all of the graphs using the "demo(graphics)" command, but  
> none of
> the graphs include any text.  I am running R version: R 2.11.1 GUI  
> 1.34
> Leopard build 32-bit (5589) on Mac OS 10.6.4.  I would be happy to  
> provide
> any further information that could be useful in diagnosing this  
> problem.
> Any advice is appreciated.

Your font library has probably become corrupted. Use Font Book.app to  
look at Times, Courier, Helvetica and Symbol and remove any duplicate  
entries that are blank.

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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT