> Hi John, > > Thanks so much for such a quick reply. > I have tried to set all to Times font running > > par(font.lab=6) (not 4, maybe this is a local setting on my machine?) > > but now the boxplot shown has the x and y labels in Times New Roman and > the > x and y axis still in Arial. Any idea why R is not setting those in Times?
Try par(font.axis=6) > > Thanks a lot for your advice, > Graziella > > --On 08 August 2007 09:16 -0400 John Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to >> Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com > > > > ***************************************************** > 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. > > --- Scanned by M+ Guardian Messaging Firewall --- > HTH Rob ______________________________________________ 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.
