R help - Apr 2005 - about fonts

when i use R(2.1.0) under windows,it can display  Chinese well.and the devices
can deal with the Chinese as well.but under Linux,the graphic device can not
display Chinese ,so i guess it is due to the fonts.but even i change the fonts
using opions(fonts=c()),it still can not work proper.

any suggestion?

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, ronggui wrote:
> when i use R(2.1.0) under windows,it can display Chinese well.and the
R 2.1.0 will not be out for 8 days: are you a time-traveller or careless?
(The posting guide does ask you to give the *full* version, that is 2.1.0 
beta of a particular date.)
> devices can deal with the Chinese as well.but under Linux,the graphic 
> device can not display Chinese ,so i guess it is due to the fonts.but 
> even i change the fonts using opions(fonts=c()),it still can not work 
> proper.
>
> any suggestion?
1) Read the posting guide and learn to tell us *accurately* basic 
information, like which graphics device, which locale and which R version.

2) All those devices stated in the NEWS file to do so do indeed work in 
Simplified Chinese (and we have no reason to suppose that they do not work 
in Traditional Chinese, but the difference does matter as the glyphs are 
different).  But some, e.g. pdf() do not.  The X11 device does if suitable 
X11 fonts are installed, and not otherwise.  If you mean the X11 device, 
seek help on an X11 forum.


(Incidentally, 2.1.0 beta under Windows XP only works in Chinese if the 
correct fonts are installed, which they are not by default in the versions 
sold in Europe.)
> PLEASE do read the posting guide! 
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 17:57:26 +0100 (BST)
Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, ronggui wrote:
> 
> > when i use R(2.1.0) under windows,it can display Chinese well.and the
> 
> R 2.1.0 will not be out for 8 days: are you a time-traveller or careless?
> (The posting guide does ask you to give the *full* version, that is 2.1.0 
> beta of a particular date.)
i would like to use the new version,so maybe i am a time-traveller.sorry for my
careless that i  fail to give the info about the version.from version
1.9-2.10,the problem exsits.but under windows,all works well ,which makes me
think the problem is due the the fonts.
> version
         _
platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
arch     i686
os       linux-gnu
system   i686, linux-gnu
status   alpha
major    2
minor    1.0
year     2005
month    03
day      23
language R
> 
> 1) Read the posting guide and learn to tell us *accurately* basic 
> information, like which graphics device, which locale and which R version.
X11,pdf face the same problem.
my locale is UTF8.my i am using Simplied Chinese.
> 2) All those devices stated in the NEWS file to do so do indeed work in 
> Simplified Chinese (and we have no reason to suppose that they do not work 
> in Traditional Chinese, but the difference does matter as the glyphs are 
> different).  But some, e.g. pdf() do not.  The X11 device does if suitable 
> X11 fonts are installed, and not otherwise.  If you mean the X11 device, 
> seek help on an X11 forum.
all my other X11 application,mail agent,openoffice,....,work well and the
chinese can display correctly.
> (Incidentally, 2.1.0 beta under Windows XP only works in Chinese if the 
> correct fonts are installed, which they are not by default in the versions 
> sold in Europe.)
in fact,from version 1.90,R can display Chinese correctly under windows.(though
it sometimes ugly before version 2.1.0).

when i use $xlfonts,i can see my system has the following fonts,and i am sure
the song fonts can support chinese.
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-1
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-2
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-3
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-4
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-5
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-6
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-0-0-75-75-c-0-cns11643.1992-7
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-16-160-75-75-c-160-cns11643.1992-3
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-16-160-75-75-c-160-cns11643.1992-4
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-16-160-75-75-c-160-cns11643.1992-5
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-16-160-75-75-c-160-cns11643.1992-6
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-16-160-75-75-c-160-cns11643.1992-7
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-24-240-75-75-c-240-cns11643.1992-1
-cbs-song-medium-r-normal-fantizi-24-240-75-75-c-240-cns11643.1992-2
.....

and i use $fc-list,i can get 
....
AR PL New Sung,ÎĶ¦£Ð£ÌÐÂËÎ:style=Regular
SimSun,ËÎÌå:style=Regular
.....
i am sure the fonts display chinese well.