R help - Oct 2008 - How to mix different font styles in axis label of lattice plot?

Hello,

   I have a y-axis label that reads:  "S. schenckii yeast cells". The
part that reads "S. schenckii" needs to be in italic style, the rest
of the text is normal style. How can I specify the different font styles for
each part of the y-axis label?

Thank you,

Judith

Hi


Judith Flores wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a y-axis label that reads:  "S. schenckii yeast cells".
The
> part that reads "S. schenckii" needs to be in italic style, the
rest
> of the text is normal style. How can I specify the different font
> styles for each part of the y-axis label?

You can use R's 'plotmath' facility to do this ...

plot(1, ylab=expression(paste(italic("S. schenckii"), " yeast
cells")))

Paul

> Thank you,
> 
> Judith
> 
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