Hi Philip, have a look at ?plotmath and try mtext(expression(paste("Total Landings of"~~italic("Pecten maximus"),"(tonnes)")), side=2,line=2)
"~~" is used for extra space between plain and italic font, but that might be a matter of taste. hth. Am 29.07.2011 15:34, schrieb Philip Boulcott: > I wish place the following axis label in such a manner that some of the > text is plain and the scientific name is in italics (i.e. a mixture of > two font types) > > > > > > Using plot: > > > > mtext("Total Landings of Pecten maximus (tonnes)",font,=3, side=2, > line=3) > > > > makes everything italic, but how do I apply the font change to only > "Pecten maximus"? > > > > Rgds > > > > Phil > > > > > > > > ........................................................................ > ..... > > > > Dr Philip Boulcott > > Marine Ecosystems Processes > > Marine Scotland - Science > > > > Scottish Government | Marine Laboratory > > 375 Victoria Road, Rm B13, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB11 9DB > > > > Tel: +44 (0)1224 295439 > > S/B: +44 (0)1224 876544 > > Fax: +44 (0)1224 295511 > > e: p.boulc...@marlab.ac.uk > > w: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/marinescotland > <http://www.scotland.gov.uk/marinescotland> > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. -- Eik Vettorazzi Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistr. 52 20246 Hamburg T ++49/40/7410-58243 F ++49/40/7410-57790 ______________________________________________ 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.