R help - Sep 2009 - Changing font to times for EMF graphics

Hi,

sorry for the simple question. I am usually able to change the font for PDF
graphics with pdf.options(family="Times")
However, I have found no way yet to get an emf file with a times font. I also
tried a detour by using pstoedit to convert a pdf with the desired font to an
emf but even there the font does not appear as times.
Is there a way to get a times font in an emf file or is it even a restriction of
the file format?

I am on Win XP and R 2.9.1.

Many thanks,
  Werner

Do you have 'times' in a format suitable for EMF?  If so you can 
select it for win.metafile() as for any other windows() device.  You 
would need a TrueType version, and I suspect you do under the name 
'Times New Roman'.  See ?windowsFonts:  my memory is that 
family="serif" gives you that font.

Note that 'Times' is not in the PDF file, but in the viewer, when you 
use pdf(), so that precise font is not available to you (and is not a 
suitable format).

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Werner Wernersen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> sorry for the simple question. I am usually able to change the font 
> for PDF graphics with pdf.options(family="Times") However, I have
> found no way yet to get an emf file with a times font. I also tried 
> a detour by using pstoedit to convert a pdf with the desired font to 
> an emf but even there the font does not appear as times. Is there a 
> way to get a times font in an emf file or is it even a restriction 
> of the file format?
>
> I am on Win XP and R 2.9.1.
>
> Many thanks,
>  Werner
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