[R] Postscript fonts

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, Erich Neuwirth wrote:

> How can I find out what fonts are available for
> par(family=
> for the postscript device?

This is dynamic: for the current value

> names(postscriptFonts())
 [1] "serif"                "sans"                 "mono"
 [4] "symbol"               "AvantGarde"           "Bookman"
 [7] "Courier"              "Helvetica"            "Helvetica-Narrow"
[10] "NewCenturySchoolbook" "Palatino"             "Times"
[13] "URWGothic"            "URWBookman"           "NimbusMon"
[16] "NimbusSan"            "URWHelvetica"         "NimbusSanCond"
[19] "CenturySch"           "URWPalladio"          "NimbusRom"
[22] "URWTimes"             "ComputerModern"       "ComputerModernItalic"
[25] "Japan1"               "Japan1HeiMin"         "Japan1GothicBBB"
[28] "Japan1Ryumin"         "Korea1"               "Korea1deb"
[31] "CNS1"                 "GB1"

and for more details see the current R-News (6/2).

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