Dear all,
I would like to plot the dagger symbol in R (like LaTeX's \dagger).
However, I was unable to do so.
First, I thought maybe dagger actually exists just like the degree
symbol:
plot(0:1,0:1, type="n")
text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(degree))
plot(0:1,0:1, type="n")
text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(dagger))
However, this was not very successful. New hope emerged that I will
succeed when I read the help page (as so often) for ?plotmath.
There I discovered the 'symbol' thing and read that the Adobe Symbol
font encodings are used. The closest thing I could fine, though, was:
plot(0:1,0:1, type="n")
text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(symbol("\247")))
But this is obviously not a dagger and it seems the Adobe Symbol font
does not have a dagger.
We also know this :-D
library(fortunes)
fortune("Yoda")
So maybe someone can give me some advice?
Thanks in advance,
Roland
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Rau, Roland wrote:> Dear all, > > I would like to plot the dagger symbol in R (like LaTeX's \dagger). > However, I was unable to do so. > > First, I thought maybe dagger actually exists just like the degree > symbol: > > plot(0:1,0:1, type="n") > text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(degree)) > > plot(0:1,0:1, type="n") > text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(dagger)) > > However, this was not very successful. New hope emerged that I will > succeed when I read the help page (as so often) for ?plotmath. > There I discovered the 'symbol' thing and read that the Adobe Symbol > font encodings are used. The closest thing I could fine, though, was: > > plot(0:1,0:1, type="n") > text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(symbol("\247"))) > > But this is obviously not a dagger and it seems the Adobe Symbol font > does not have a dagger. > > We also know this :-D > > library(fortunes) > fortune("Yoda") > > So maybe someone can give me some advice? >I think it will depend on your output device whether the character glyph exists, but this works for me on a Mac: plot(1, main="My dagger: \u2020") Duncan Murdoch
Hi Roland,>> But this is obviously not a dagger and it seems the Adobe Symbol font >> does not have a dagger.True, but ... Yoda was here. plot(0:1,0:1, type="n") text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression("\u2020")) text(x=0.4, y=0.6, labels=expression("\u2021")) ?plotmath, sub "Other symbols" ... "Any Unicode character can be...." Regards, Mark. PS: Works under Windows Vista, but ... Rau, Roland wrote:> > Dear all, > > I would like to plot the dagger symbol in R (like LaTeX's \dagger). > However, I was unable to do so. > > First, I thought maybe dagger actually exists just like the degree > symbol: > > plot(0:1,0:1, type="n") > text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(degree)) > > plot(0:1,0:1, type="n") > text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(dagger)) > > However, this was not very successful. New hope emerged that I will > succeed when I read the help page (as so often) for ?plotmath. > There I discovered the 'symbol' thing and read that the Adobe Symbol > font encodings are used. The closest thing I could fine, though, was: > > plot(0:1,0:1, type="n") > text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(symbol("\247"))) > > But this is obviously not a dagger and it seems the Adobe Symbol font > does not have a dagger. > > We also know this :-D > > library(fortunes) > fortune("Yoda") > > So maybe someone can give me some advice? > > Thanks in advance, > Roland > > ---------- > This mail has been sent through the MPI for Demographic Research. Should > you receive a mail that is apparently from a MPI user without this text > displayed, then the address has most likely been faked. If you are > uncertain about the validity of this message, please check the mail header > or ask your system administrator for assistance. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >-- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Plot-dagger-symbol-in-R-tp21725141p21725439.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Hi, If all else fails, you could consider using LaTeX itself with psfrag, or perhaps a similar idea involving eps2pgf. http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/PsFrag Hope this helps, baptiste On 29 Jan 2009, at 11:24, Rau, Roland wrote:> Dear all, > > I would like to plot the dagger symbol in R (like LaTeX's \dagger). > However, I was unable to do so. > > First, I thought maybe dagger actually exists just like the degree > symbol: > > plot(0:1,0:1, type="n") > text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(degree)) > > plot(0:1,0:1, type="n") > text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(dagger)) > > However, this was not very successful. New hope emerged that I will > succeed when I read the help page (as so often) for ?plotmath. > There I discovered the 'symbol' thing and read that the Adobe Symbol > font encodings are used. The closest thing I could fine, though, was: > > plot(0:1,0:1, type="n") > text(x=0.5, y=0.5, labels=expression(symbol("\247"))) > > But this is obviously not a dagger and it seems the Adobe Symbol font > does not have a dagger. > > We also know this :-D > > library(fortunes) > fortune("Yoda") > > So maybe someone can give me some advice? > > Thanks in advance, > Roland > > ---------- > This mail has been sent through the MPI for Demographic Research. > Should you receive a mail that is apparently from a MPI user without > this text displayed, then the address has most likely been faked. If > you are uncertain about the validity of this message, please check > the mail header or ask your system administrator for assistance. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code._____________________________ Baptiste Augui? School of Physics University of Exeter Stocker Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QL, UK Phone: +44 1392 264187 http://newton.ex.ac.uk/research/emag