Any chance that you made an earlier call to par() resetting cex in your session? I just had that happen.
John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: tea...@gmail.com > Sent: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:15:33 -0400 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Odd graphic device behavior > > I'm experiencing odd graphics device behavior running R 2.15.3 on Ubuntu. > Regardless of what I try like: > > require(stats) > plot(cars) > lines(lowess(cars)) > plot(sin, -pi, 2*pi) > > for example, the graphics device fills the entire screen with the graphic > and a very large font. When I shrink the graphics device window, the > lettering remains large and the line thicknesses stay quite thick. It may > have been some time since I have done any R work on my Ubuntu computer, > but > clearly this did not happen previously. > > Does anyone have any thoughts? > > Thank you, > Tom > > [[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. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! ______________________________________________ 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.