[R] Problem with saving pdf file graphics in R-2.6.0

John Wilkinson jnwilks at btinternet.com
Wed Oct 17 09:01:15 CEST 2007


Hi,

# Example of my problem of saving  pdf file graphics in R-2.6.0

> x<-1:10;y<-1:10
> plot(x,y,type="b")

# attempting to save the plot as a *pdf file fails 
# and the following error meassge is shown.

Error: Invalid font type
In addition: Warning messages:
1: font family not found in PostScript font database 
2: font family not found in PostScript font database 
> > 

# My OS is Window 2000
# My R details are ---

> version
               _                           
platform       i386-pc-mingw32             
arch           i386                        
os             mingw32                     
system         i386, mingw32               
status                                     
major          2                           
minor          6.0                         
year           2007                        
month          10                          
day            03                          
svn rev        43063                       
language       R                           
version.string R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03)


Is this a known problem?

John Wilkinson



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