On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 21:02, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 21:18:34 -0400, ivo welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > And once I > >do this, I need different R parameter defaults on the axes. With the > >advice I have gotten, I think I am all set now. However, I am a little > >bit surprised that noone has written a package around this task---there > >must be many people that have to produce quarter-page (or half-page) > >graphics, and probably everyone is tweaking plot parameters a bit > >differently. > > My general strategy for this is to change the width and height used in > the pdf() or postscript() device call, then just trust the defaults > chosen by R. For inclusion in a paper, I generally specify sizes > about twice as big as I really want, and get text size similar to the > printed text. So in your case, assuming a page is around 6 inches > wide, I'd use something like > > pdf(width=3, height=3, ...) > > and then get LaTeX to shrink it to half the size. > > Duncan Murdoch
I just got Duncan's msg, so I think that we are thinking along the same lines here. I agree with Duncan's suggestion relative to trying a 2x scaling factor and would see how that goes with your particular plot. Then adjust if need be as you develop some intuition. Marc ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html