For a long string in an axis title, or main title the postscript device breaks apart the long strings into smaller strings. For example,
> postscript('linebreaktest.eps') > plot(1,xlab='aReallyLongStringToSeeHowItBreaks',ylab='aReallyLongStringToSeeHowItBreaks') > for(i in c(.6,1,1.4))text(i,i,'aReallyLongStringToSeeHowItBreaks') > dev.off() produces the attached output. http://www.nabble.com/file/p23322197/linebreaktest.eps linebreaktest.eps The most important lines from the eps source are at the end of the file: ******************************************** 309.70 36.72 (aReallyLongStr) 0 ta 0.180 (ingT) tb -1.440 (oSeeHo) tb -0.180 (wItBreaks) tb gr 30.96 212.50 (aReallyLongStr) 90 ta 0.180 (ingT) tb -1.440 (oSeeHo) tb -0.180 (wItBreaks) tb gr 77.04 91.44 743.76 534.96 cl /Font1 findfont 12 s 0 setgray 1.03 104.76 (aReallyLongStr) 0 ta 0.180 (ingT) tb -1.440 (oSeeHo) tb -0.180 (wItBreaks) tb gr 309.70 310.10 (aReallyLongStr) 0 ta 0.180 (ingT) tb -1.440 (oSeeHo) tb -0.180 (wItBreaks) tb gr 618.36 515.43 (aReallyLongStr) 0 ta 0.180 (ingT) tb -1.440 (oSeeHo) tb -0.180 (wItBreaks) tb gr ******************************************************* Each string is broken into 4 chunks. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/postscript-printer-breaking-up-long-strings-tp23322197p23322197.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.