R help - Jun 2001 - lattice (!under development!) font curiosity

Perhaps this might be a font problem, it might be that my font dirs
are broken (but I don't think so, it is a standard potato inst.):
> xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("???dsa",cex=2))
...displays German special characters false (as greek letters).

Curiously these work o.k.:
> xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main="?dsa")
> xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("???dsa",cex=1))
> xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("???dsa",cex=3))
> xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("???dsa",cex=4))
> xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("???dsa",cex=5))
> xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("???dsa",cex=6))
> xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("???dsa",cex=7))
> xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("???dsa",cex=1.9))
> xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("???dsa",cex=2.1))
This isn't a really big problem (if it is one). 
Peter

Version:
 platform = i686-pc-linux-gnu
 arch = i686
 os = linux-gnu
 system = i686, linux-gnu
 status = 
 major = 1
 minor = 2.3
 year = 2001
 month = 04
 day = 26
 language = R

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, package:grid, package:lattice, package:ctest, Autoloads,
package:base

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On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Peter Malewski wrote:
> Perhaps this might be a font problem, it might be that my font dirs
I am fairly sure it is. It works for me on Solaris 2.7 (all do).
> are broken (but I don't think so, it is a standard potato inst.):
>
> > xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("äöüdsa",cex=2))
>
> ...displays German special characters false (as greek letters).
>
> Curiously these work o.k.:
>
> > xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main="ädsa")
> > xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("äöüdsa",cex=1))
> > xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("äöüdsa",cex=3))
> > xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("äöüdsa",cex=4))
> > xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("äöüdsa",cex=5))
> > xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("äöüdsa",cex=6))
> > xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("äöüdsa",cex=7))
> > xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("äöüdsa",cex=1.9))
> > xyplot(rnorm(10) ~ rnorm(10) ,main=list("äöüdsa",cex=2.1))
>
> This isn't a really big problem (if it is one).
> Peter
>
> Version:
>  platform = i686-pc-linux-gnu
>  arch = i686
>  os = linux-gnu
>  system = i686, linux-gnu
>  status >  major = 1
>  minor = 2.3
>  year = 2001
>  month = 04
>  day = 26
>  language = R
>
> Search Path:
>  .GlobalEnv, package:grid, package:lattice, package:ctest, Autoloads,
package:base
>
> --
> P.Malewski, Limmerstr.47, 30451 Hannover, 0511-2135008
> At work: http://www.MH-Hannover.de 0511 532 3194 / Fax: 0511 532 3190,
> P.Malewski at tu-bs.de, peter.malewski at gmx.de, malewski.peter at
mh-hannover.de.
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