I don't know if boxplot will accept a font argument.m >From ?boxplot it is not clear. You may need to set the par() command before the boxplot
Example: par(font.lab=4) boxplot(mass ~ family, data=mydata, ylab="mass %", xlab="family",las=1, cex.axis=1) --- "G Iossa, School Biological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am very new to R and this might be a simple > question but I have looked > everywhere you suggest before writing to you. > > I am trying to change font type from san-serif to a > serif (Times New > Romans) on all labels and axis of my boxplot. I have > used this function in > other plots before, e.g.: > > plot(residuals~lnlifespan, data=mydata, pch=psymb, > font=6, xlab="ln > reproductive lifespan", ylab="residuals ln mass", > font.lab=6, cex=1.5, > cex.axis=1.5, cex.lab=1.5) > > and found that font.lab or font.axis=6 gives Times > font. However, when I > try for boxplot: > > boxplot(mass ~ family, data=mydata, ylab="mass %", > xlab="family", > font.axis=6, font=6, par(las=1), cex.axis=1) > > it does not work (R does not give any warning > messages). I have also tried > family="Times" but without success. Any idea of why > is not doing it and > what I can do to get Times font on my boxplot? > I run R on Windows. > > Thanks a lot, > Graziella > > ***************************************************** > Dr. Graziella Iossa > > Mammal Research Unit > School Biological Sciences > University of Bristol > Woodland Road > Bristol BS8 1UG, UK > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel 0044 (0)117 9288918 > Fax 0044 (0)117 3317985 > http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/mammal/index.html > http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/people/Iossa.htm > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.