R help - Dec 1999 - pointsize?

A while ago there was a thread on graphics. I complained that the plots
produced by dev.print had symbols and fonts that were too small. I said 
I had been using par(cex=2), but the advice was to use pointsize. I have
tried ps, is that what was meant?

par(ps=40)
x<-rnorm(100)
y<-rnorm(100)
dev.print(file="~/junk.ps", horizontal=FALSE)

No matter how big I make ps (40,60...), the biggest size  plotsymbol
I get is a circle with a diameter of 2 mm.

Is there a way to get big axis labels and plot symbols using par(ps=)?
Or was something else meant when I was told to use pointsize?

Thanks very much for any help.

Bill

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Bill Simpson <wsi at gcal.ac.uk> writes:
> Is there a way to get big axis labels and plot symbols using par(ps=)?
> Or was something else meant when I was told to use pointsize?
I meant the one that you set on the device driver, e.g. 

X11(pointsize=17)
x<-rnorm(100)
y<-rnorm(100)
plot(x,y)
dev.print(file="/tmp/junk.ps", horizontal=FALSE, pointsize=17)

(If it doesn't work now, it will after Wednesday...)

However, par(ps) doesn't quite work as advertized. It will change the
size of text alright, but not the symbol sizes, and it won't regulate
the margin sizes. At least the former of those is probably more bug
than feature...

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