[R] Saving .eps files with Times New Roman font

[David Winsemius]

> On Jun 23, 2016, at 10:15 AM, A A via R-help <r-help at r-project.org> wrote:
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> In RGui, I'm running the following bit of code:
> windowsFonts(A=windowsFont("Times New Roman"))
> plot(0,0, ylab='y axis', xlab='x axis',main='title',family="A")
> The labels and title appear in Times New Roman font. So far, so good. However, when I right click the figure and select 'Save as postscript...', I get a .eps file of the plot, but without the font formatting that I applied. Is there any way to apply the formatting so that it gets saved?

I'm now a Windows user but I expect that the windowsFonts function is setting the fonts for the interactive graphics device rather than the postscript device. You should try reviewing:

?postscriptFonts
?postscript   # if you want to control the device settings

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David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA