[R] Different fonts on the same axis

[Peter Alspach]

Tena koe Michelle

?plotmath

For your particular example, try:

plot(1:10, 1:10, pch=16, xlab="metric", ylab=quote(~italic(species)~ '
CPUE'))

Depending on your default font, you might need to set the family
argument of par():

par(family='serif')

HTH ....

Peter Alspach

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> Hi,
> 
> I need to have both italics and standard font on the y axis. 
> This is my script:
> plot(x,y,pch=16,xlab="metric",ylab="species CPUE")
> 
> I want species in italics and CPUE in standard text.
> Any tips would be appreciated.
> Thanks. 
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