Hi John, Thanks so much for such a quick reply. I have tried to set all to Times font running
par(font.lab=6) (not 4, maybe this is a local setting on my machine?) but now the boxplot shown has the x and y labels in Times New Roman and the x and y axis still in Arial. Any idea why R is not setting those in Times? Thanks a lot for your advice, Graziella --On 08 August 2007 09:16 -0400 John Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know if boxplot will accept a font argument.m > From ?boxplot it is not clear. > You may need to set the par() command before the > boxplot > > Example: > par(font.lab=4) > boxplot(mass ~ family, data=mydata, ylab="mass %", > xlab="family",las=1, cex.axis=1) > > --- "G Iossa, School Biological Sciences" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am very new to R and this might be a simple >> question but I have looked >> everywhere you suggest before writing to you. >> >> I am trying to change font type from san-serif to a >> serif (Times New >> Romans) on all labels and axis of my boxplot. I have >> used this function in >> other plots before, e.g.: >> >> plot(residuals~lnlifespan, data=mydata, pch=psymb, >> font=6, xlab="ln >> reproductive lifespan", ylab="residuals ln mass", >> font.lab=6, cex=1.5, >> cex.axis=1.5, cex.lab=1.5) >> >> and found that font.lab or font.axis=6 gives Times >> font. However, when I >> try for boxplot: >> >> boxplot(mass ~ family, data=mydata, ylab="mass %", >> xlab="family", >> font.axis=6, font=6, par(las=1), cex.axis=1) >> >> it does not work (R does not give any warning >> messages). I have also tried >> family="Times" but without success. Any idea of why >> is not doing it and >> what I can do to get Times font on my boxplot? >> I run R on Windows. >> >> Thanks a lot, >> Graziella >> >> > ***************************************************** >> Dr. Graziella Iossa >> >> Mammal Research Unit >> School Biological Sciences >> University of Bristol >> Woodland Road >> Bristol BS8 1UG, UK >> >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Tel 0044 (0)117 9288918 >> Fax 0044 (0)117 3317985 >> http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/mammal/index.html >> http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/people/Iossa.htm >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. >> > > > > Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to > Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com ***************************************************** Dr. Graziella Iossa Mammal Research Unit School Biological Sciences University of Bristol Woodland Road Bristol BS8 1UG, UK E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel 0044 (0)117 9288918 Fax 0044 (0)117 3317985 http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/mammal/index.html http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/people/Iossa.htm ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.