You have the sources (for each), so why not read them?
The Unix X11 device has this helvetica hardcoded: what has arial to do
with it? If you would like more flexibility, please supply a patch
against the current R-devel sources.
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, M.Kondrin wrote:
> Can I somehow set x11 device to use font different from default
> helvetica-arial (times for example?)? Is this font hardcoded into R or
> can I substitute some other system font? Does x11 device use
> standard/user-supplied .Xresources file (under Linux)?
> The questions are the same for gtk() device (with .gtkrc substituted for
> .Xresources).
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