Re: [R] font size in graphs...can R read Windows settings?

2016-07-29 Thread Duncan Mackay
] Sent: Friday, 29 July 2016 11:49 To: Duncan Mackay Cc: R Subject: Re: [R] font size in graphs...can R read Windows settings? The trouble is getting the figs to look right for different users who happen to have different display settings. Nearly all my users will be on MS Windows, and, for

Re: [R] font size in graphs...can R read Windows settings?

2016-07-28 Thread Dalthorp, Daniel
; las = 1, > > mai = c(0.85, 0.85, 0.32, 0.12), > > font.main = 1, > > cex.main = 1.0, > > cex.lab = 1.0, > > cex.axis = 0.9) > > > > Duncan > > > > *From:* Dalthorp, Daniel [mailto:ddalth...@usgs.gov] > *Sent:* F

Re: [R] font size in graphs...can R read Windows settings?

2016-07-28 Thread Duncan Mackay
2016 09:22 To: Duncan Mackay Cc: R Subject: Re: [R] font size in graphs...can R read Windows settings? Thanks, Duncan. This is close to what I was looking for. But I'm not using lattice. And the fontsize$text and fontsize$points are independent of display settings in Windows (screen resol

Re: [R] font size in graphs...can R read Windows settings?

2016-07-28 Thread Dalthorp, Daniel
ue"))), > type = "b") > > Regards > > Duncan > > Duncan Mackay > Department of Agronomy and Soil Science > University of New England > Armidale NSW 2351 > Email: home: mac...@northnet.com.au > > -Original Message- > From: R-

Re: [R] font size in graphs...can R read Windows settings?

2016-07-27 Thread Duncan Mackay
t.org] On Behalf Of Dalthorp, Daniel Sent: Thursday, 28 July 2016 07:02 To: r-help@R-project.org (r-help@r-project.org) Subject: [R] font size in graphs...can R read Windows settings? Hi All, I am putting together a package that (among other things) draws some nice graphs for users. I place some exp

Re: [R] font size in graphs...can R read Windows settings?

2016-07-27 Thread Jeff Newmiller
What if it is being used on a platform other than Windows? This problem is more challenging than you seem to think it is. I would suggest including a kind of "par" argument to your function that lets the user change your defaults. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On July 27, 2

[R] font size in graphs...can R read Windows settings?

2016-07-27 Thread Dalthorp, Daniel
Hi All, I am putting together a package that (among other things) draws some nice graphs for users. I place some explanatory text on figs using "text" and "mtext". But the size of the text depends on the Windows display settings: Smaller (100%), medium (125%) or larger (150%) (In Windows 7... Contr