[R-lang] Re: Including IPA fonts in plots?

[Paul Metzner]

I think I had a similar problem and solved it with cairo_pdf. Does that work on Linux or Windows machines?

On 6 Oct 2010, at 02:37, Levy, Roger wrote:

> Michael, Adam, many thanks! Specifying the 'family' parameter has worked for plotting commands executed within the R.app GUI.
> 
> I still am having trouble generating PDF and Postscript graphs; the postscript and PDF graphics devices don't seem to know where to find the font family, e.g.
> 
>> pdf("test.pdf")
>> par(family="Doulos SIL");plot(1:2,1:2);text(1.5,1.5,"ʌ")
> Error in axis(side = side, at = at, labels = labels, ...) : 
>  Invalid font type
> In addition: Warning messages:
> 1: In axis(side = side, at = at, labels = labels, ...) :
>  font family not found in PostScript font database
> 2: In axis(side = side, at = at, labels = labels, ...) :
>  font family not found in PostScript font database
> 3: In axis(side = side, at = at, labels = labels, ...) :
>  font family not found in PostScript font database
> 4: In axis(side = side, at = at, labels = labels, ...) :
>  font family not found in PostScript font database
> 5: In axis(side = side, at = at, labels = labels, ...) :
>  font family not found in PostScript font database
> 6: In axis(side = side, at = at, labels = labels, ...) :
>  font family not found in PostScript font database
> 7: In axis(side = side, at = at, labels = labels, ...) :
>  font family not found in PostScript font database
> 
> Does anyone have suggestions on how to inform these graphics devices of what to do given the font specification?
> 
> Many thanks again.
> 
> Roger
> 
> 
> On Oct 5, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Michael Becker wrote:
> 
>> Hi Roger,
>> 
>> Specifying the name of a Unicode font will do the trick, e.g.:
>> 
>> par(family="Linux Libertine"); plot(1:2,1:2);text(1.5,1.5,"ʌ")
>> or
>> par(family="Doulos SIL");plot(1:2,1:2);text(1.5,1.5,"ʌ")
>> 
>> You'll need to have the relevant font installed, of course.
>> 
>> I hope this helps,
>> Michael
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Levy, Roger <rlevy@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Has anyone had unqualified success in rendering IPA symbols in R?  graphs I've had trouble; within the R.app GUI on OS X, the commands
>>> 
>>>> plot(1:2,1:2)
>>>> text(1.5,1.5,"ʌ") # in case it's not rendered properly in your email client, the character is the wedge in UTF-8
>>> 
>>> give just a box, and I get even worse failure if I try to create a Postscript or PDF file:
>>> 
>>>> postscript("test.ps") # same error ensues if I use pdf("test.pdf") here instead
>>>> plot(1:2,1:2)
>>>> text(1.5,1.5,"ʌ")
>>> Warning messages:
>>> 1: In text.default(1.5, 1.5, "ʌ") :
>>> conversion failure on 'ʌ' in 'mbcsToSbcs': dot substituted for <ca>
>>> 2: In text.default(1.5, 1.5, "ʌ") :
>>> conversion failure on 'ʌ' in 'mbcsToSbcs': dot substituted for <8c>
>>> 3: In text.default(1.5, 1.5, "ʌ") :
>>> font metrics unknown for Unicode character U+028c
>>> 4: In text.default(1.5, 1.5, "ʌ") :
>>> conversion failure on 'ʌ' in 'mbcsToSbcs': dot substituted for <ca>
>>> 5: In text.default(1.5, 1.5, "ʌ") :
>>> conversion failure on 'ʌ' in 'mbcsToSbcs': dot substituted for <8c>
>>> 
>>> Interesting, ash (æ) renders fine on all graphics devices
>>> 
>>> Any suggestions would be very welcome!
>>> 
>>> (Stefan Evert suggested a while back that IPA fonts should just work within the R.app GUI for OS X, but I haven't found this to be the case.)
>>> 
>>> Best & many thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>> Roger
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Roger Levy                      Email: rlevy@ling.ucsd.edu
>>> Assistant Professor             Phone: 858-534-7219
>>> Department of Linguistics       Fax:   858-534-4789
>>> UC San Diego                    Web:   http://ling.ucsd.edu/~rlevy
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>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Michael Becker
>> Department of Linguistics
>> Harvard University
>> http://becker.phonologist.org/
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> --
> 
> Roger Levy                      Email: rlevy@ling.ucsd.edu
> Assistant Professor             Phone: 858-534-7219
> Department of Linguistics       Fax:   858-534-4789
> UC San Diego                    Web:   http://ling.ucsd.edu/~rlevy
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