[R] How to make pch symbols thicker?

Ben Tupper btupper at bigelow.org
Sat Nov 3 13:37:38 CET 2012


On Nov 2, 2012, at 10:06 PM, 21rosit wrote:

> Hi I need to know how to make pch symbols like pch=3 (+) or pch=4(x) or even
> the border of squares or triangles thicker without changing the size. I have
> a lot of symbols of different colors but you can't see the colors clearly
> and I don't want to change the symbol.
> Thanks! 
> 
> 

Hi,

Have you tried the lwd= argument?  Like this...

plot(1:10, pch = 3, lwd = 4)

Cheers,
Ben


Ben Tupper
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
180 McKown Point Rd. P.O. Box 475
West Boothbay Harbor, Maine   04575-0475 
http://www.bigelow.org




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