Now that I have the markers the weight I want using lex, I'm having 
trouble making the key
match the markers. Any suggestions? BTW, I'm using R2.8.1 with Windows 
Vista.

Naomi

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Deepayan Sarkar wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Naomi B. Robbins
> <nbrgra...@optonline.net> wrote:
>   
>> In lattice, using the command trellis.par.get for superpose.symbol, plot,
>> symbol and/or dot.symbol shows that we can specify alpha, cex, col, fill
>> (for  superpose.symbol and plot.symbol), font, and pch.  Trial and error
>> shows that the font affects letters but not pch=1 or pch=3 (open circles
>> and plus signs.) I want to use open circles and plus signs, keep the colors
>> and cex  I've specified but make the symbols bolder, much the way a
>> higher lwd makes lines bolder.  Does anyone know of a library that
>> does that or can anyone think of a workaround to make the markers
>> stand out better without making them larger?
>>     
>
> ?grid::gpar lists 'lex' as a "Multiplier applied to line width", and
> that seems to work when supplied as a top-level argument (though not
> in the parameter settings):
>
> xyplot(1:10 ~ 1:10, pch = c(1, 3), cex = 2, lex = 3)
>
> I'm not sure if 'lwd' should have the same effect (it does in base graphics).
>
> -Deepayan
>
>
>   

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