[R] italic greek symbols

[Marc Schwartz]

On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 13:22 -0400, Martin Henry H. Stevens wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> I am using R 2.5.1 on a Mac OS X 10.4.9, via ESS.
> 
> I would like to try to get an italic mu onto a plot axis label. I  
> note that in a previous email,
> (Thu, 4 May 2006 19:41:41 +0100 (BST)), Brian Ripley wrote,
> "There is no italic symbol font available on most devices. So unless you
> try to plot Greek (not math symbol Greek) you are out of luck. "
> 
> How does one plot Greek, or is there now another solution?
> 
> Thanks,
> Hank

You might want to look at the links in this post by Paul Murrell:

http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e2/help/06/12/7083.html

HTH,

Marc Schwartz