Thank you, that's very useful. -Don -- Don MacQueen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Ave., L-627 Livermore, CA 94550 925-423-1062
On 6/19/12 1:11 PM, "baptiste auguie" <baptiste.aug...@googlemail.com> wrote: >Have a look at this: > >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7734535/control-font-thickness-without- >changing-font-size > >and > >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10686054/outlined-text-with-ggplot2 >which refers to a base graphics version. > >HTH, > >b. > >On 20 June 2012 07:58, MacQueen, Don <macque...@llnl.gov> wrote: >> I'm using mtext() to annotate a plot. I would like, if possible, to have >> the individual characters formatted with an outline or border, with a >> contrasting fill color inside the borders. >> >> I'd appreciate suggestions or pointers toward a way to do this. >> >> The reason is because I'm creating a graphic with a transparent >>background >> [png(filename,bg='transparent')] that is to be overlaid on Google Earth. >> The background at my location of interest is so varied in color and >>shape >> that it is difficult to find a text color that will reliably have enough >> contrast to be legible. Google appears to have dealt with this by using >> white text with a black border on each character,and I would like to do >> the same, if possible. >> >> I have done some searching, without success so far. Admittedly, this is >> well outside the scope of what R is designed for, but, hey, R can do >> everything, so why not this? I did find a possible alternative, the >> textrect() function in the RPMG package. >> >> Thanks >> -Don >> >> -- >> Don MacQueen >> >> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory >> 7000 East Ave., L-627 >> Livermore, CA 94550 >> 925-423-1062 >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. ______________________________________________ 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.