R help - Jan 2011 - unicode&pdf font problem

Dear List,

I would like to print a plot into pdf. The problem is that the character
\U0171 is replaced by a simple 'u' (i.e. without accents) in the pdf
file.

Example:
# this works fine
plot(1,type="n")
text(1,1,"print \U0171")

# this fails
pdf("trial.pdf")
plot(1,type="n")
text(1,1,"print \U0171")
dev.off()

I found an earlier post at
http://www.mail-archive.com/r-help at r-project.org/msg65541.html, but it is
too hard to understand at my R-level. Any help is appreciated.

Regards,
  Denes

On Jan 12, 2011, at 11:11 PM, tdenes at cogpsyphy.hu wrote:
>
> Dear List,
>
> I would like to print a plot into pdf. The problem is that the  
> character
> \U0171 is replaced by a simple 'u' (i.e. without accents) in the
pdf
> file.
>
> Example:
> # this works fine
> plot(1,type="n")
> text(1,1,"print \U0171")
>
> # this fails
> pdf("trial.pdf")
> plot(1,type="n")
> text(1,1,"print \U0171")
> dev.off()
Have you tried:

pdf("trial.pdf")
plot(1,type="n")
text(1,1,"print ?")
dev.off()

Your default screen fonts may not be the same as your default pdf  
fonts. A lot depends on system specifics, none of which have you  
provided.

>
> I found an earlier post at
> http://www.mail-archive.com/r-help at r-project.org/msg65541.html, but  
> it is
> too hard to understand at my R-level. Any help is appreciated.


David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT