Perhaps the discussion at this link will be helpful ... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9555889/producing-a-vector-graphics-image-i-e-metafile-in-r-suitable-for-printing-in
Jean On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Ivan Calandra <ivan.calan...@univ-reims.fr> wrote: > Dear useRs, > > A colleague of mine is having a problem with graphic devices. The goal is > to save into a vector graphic format that can be edited with Illustrator > CS4. > > On my Mac (Snow Leopard), I use RSvgDevice::devSVG() and it works fine. > But on her Windows Vista computer, I cannot find an alternative.> > sessionInfo() > R version 3.2.2 (2015-08-14) > Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit) > Running under: Windows Vista (build 6002) Service Pack 2 > > I have tried: > - pdf(): I cannot dissociate the graphical elements (no problem with text) > - cairo_pdf(): the text is replaced by symbols > - cairo_ps(): fine except that the text is not text but object (it is then > a bit troublesome, as any text modification requires the text to be > completely rewritten) > - svg(): the graphic is completely screwed up (it seems to be a scaling > problem, with symbols and letters all very large and superposed) > - RSvgDevice cannot be installed on the Windows machine, neither as binary > nor from source. > > Is there any other device that could work? If not, is it a matter of > settings? So, basically, what can I do? > > Thank you in advance, > Ivan > > -- > Ivan Calandra, PhD > University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne > GEGENAA - EA 3795 > CREA - 2 esplanade Roland Garros > 51100 Reims, France > +33(0)3 26 77 36 89 > ivan.calan...@univ-reims.fr > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivan_Calandra > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.