R help - Jul 2011 - Changing font type within y axis labels

I wish place the following axis label in such a manner that some of the
text is plain and the scientific name is in italics (i.e. a mixture of
two font types)

 

 

Using plot:

 

mtext("Total Landings of Pecten maximus (tonnes)",font,=3, side=2,
line=3)

 

makes everything italic, but how do I apply the font change to only
"Pecten maximus"?

 

Rgds

 

Phil

 

 

 

........................................................................
.....

 

Dr Philip Boulcott

Marine Ecosystems Processes

Marine Scotland - Science

 

Scottish Government | Marine Laboratory

375 Victoria Road, Rm B13, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB11 9DB

 

Tel:  +44 (0)1224 295439

S/B: +44 (0)1224 876544

Fax: +44 (0)1224 295511

e: p.boulcott@marlab.ac.uk  

w: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/marinescotland
<http://www.scotland.gov.uk/marinescotland>     

 


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Hi Philip,
have a look at ?plotmath and try

mtext(expression(paste("Total Landings of"~~italic("Pecten
maximus"),"(tonnes)")), side=2,line=2)

"~~" is used for extra space between plain and italic font, but that
might be a matter of taste.

hth.

Am 29.07.2011 15:34, schrieb Philip Boulcott:
> I wish place the following axis label in such a manner that some of the
> text is plain and the scientific name is in italics (i.e. a mixture of
> two font types)
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Using plot:
> 
>  
> 
> mtext("Total Landings of Pecten maximus (tonnes)",font,=3,
side=2,
> line=3)
> 
>  
> 
> makes everything italic, but how do I apply the font change to only
> "Pecten maximus"?
> 
>  
> 
> Rgds
> 
>  
> 
> Phil
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> ........................................................................
> .....
> 
>  
> 
> Dr Philip Boulcott
> 
> Marine Ecosystems Processes
> 
> Marine Scotland - Science
> 
>  
> 
> Scottish Government | Marine Laboratory
> 
> 375 Victoria Road, Rm B13, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB11 9DB
> 
>  
> 
> Tel:  +44 (0)1224 295439
> 
> S/B: +44 (0)1224 876544
> 
> Fax: +44 (0)1224 295511
> 
> e: p.boulcott at marlab.ac.uk  
> 
> w: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/marinescotland
> <http://www.scotland.gov.uk/marinescotland>     
> 
>  
> 
> 
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> 
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-- 
Eik Vettorazzi
Institut f?r Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie
Universit?tsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg

T ++49/40/7410-58243
F ++49/40/7410-57790

On Jul 29, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Eik Vettorazzi wrote:
> Hi Philip,
> have a look at ?plotmath and try
>
> mtext(expression(paste("Total Landings of"~~italic("Pecten
> maximus"),"(tonnes)")), side=2,line=2)
>
> "~~" is used for extra space between plain and italic font, but
that
> might be a matter of taste.
And the paste() is not really needed:

mtext(expression("Total Landings of"~italic("Pecten  
maximus")~"(tonnes)"),
            side=2,  line=3)

-- 
David.
>
> hth.
>
> Am 29.07.2011 15:34, schrieb Philip Boulcott:
>> I wish place the following axis label in such a manner that some of  
>> the
>> text is plain and the scientific name is in italics (i.e. a mixture  
>> of
>> two font types)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Using plot:
>>
>>
>>
>> mtext("Total Landings of Pecten maximus (tonnes)",font,=3,
side=2,
>> line=3)
>>
>>
>>
>> makes everything italic, but how do I apply the font change to only
>> "Pecten maximus"?
>>
>>
>>
>> Rgds
>>
>>
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
........................................................................
>> .....
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr Philip Boulcott
>>
>> Marine Ecosystems Processes
>>
>> Marine Scotland - Science
>>
>>
>>
>> Scottish Government | Marine Laboratory
>>
>> 375 Victoria Road, Rm B13, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB11 9DB
>>
>>
>>
>> Tel:  +44 (0)1224 295439
>>
>> S/B: +44 (0)1224 876544
>>
>> Fax: +44 (0)1224 295511
>>
>> e: p.boulcott at marlab.ac.uk
>>
>> w: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/marinescotland
>> <http://www.scotland.gov.uk/marinescotland>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
>
> -- 
> Eik Vettorazzi
> Institut f?r Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie
> Universit?tsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
>
> Martinistr. 52
> 20246 Hamburg
>
> T ++49/40/7410-58243
> F ++49/40/7410-57790
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT