[R] [Follow-up] Re: PLoS, Arial, R & linux

Frank E Harrell Jr f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu
Thu Nov 19 14:50:29 CET 2009


Also see of the journal will let you use NimbusSan:

pdf('my.pdf', onefile=FALSE, pointsize=18,
     family="NimbusSan",height=6,width=8,paper="special")
...
dev.off()
embedFonts('my.pdf')

Frank

Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> On 19 November 2009 at 13:00, (Ted Harding) wrote:
> | However,
> | (a) I do not have the 'ttf2afm' program;
> | (b) Synaptic cannot find it in the repositories.
> | 
> | So, I'm off on another hunt!
> 
> i)   You should try to get over the 'Synaptic is the only interface to
>      package' syndrome. It limits your ability to use your system to the 
>      fullest.
> 
> ii)  E.g. consider http://packages.debian.org/ which has the handy shortcut
>      http://packages.debian.org/file:path for the search for paths ending in 
>      the keyword.
> 
> iii) This was another question for r-sig-debian, not r-help
> 
> iv)  You want the texlive-font-utils package as per ii) and
>      http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=ttf2afm&mode=filename&suite=unstable&arch=any
> 
> Dirk
> 


-- 
Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University




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