Re: [R] difference metric info of same font on different device

2017-04-08 Thread Jinsong Zhao
On 2017/4/7 23:13, Jeff Newmiller wrote: I think it is a fundamental characteristic of graphics drivers that output will look different in the details... you are on a wild goose chase. Postscript in particular has a huge advantage in font presentation over other graphics output mechanisms.

Re: [R] difference metric info of same font on different device

2017-04-08 Thread Jinsong Zhao
On 2017/4/7 23:13, Jeff Newmiller wrote: I think it is a fundamental characteristic of graphics drivers that output will look different in the details... you are on a wild goose chase. Postscript in particular has a huge advantage in font presentation over other graphics output mechanisms.

Re: [R] difference metric info of same font on different device

2017-04-07 Thread Jeff Newmiller
I think it is a fundamental characteristic of graphics drivers that output will look different in the details... you are on a wild goose chase. Postscript in particular has a huge advantage in font presentation over other graphics output mechanisms. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my

[R] difference metric info of same font on different device

2017-04-07 Thread Jinsong Zhao
Hi there, I try to plot with custom fonts, which have good shape Latin and CJK characters. I set up all the fonts correctly. However, when I plot the same code on png() and postscript(), I get different result. The main problem is the space between characters is narrower in postscript() than