Hi, how can i adjust the font in a ggplot2 qplot so that it will look similar to the LaTeX font? Computer Modern Sans Serif in the same size would be nice. My output device is ggsave(filename="test.pdf", width=5.5, height=3, dpi=300) and i will include the graphic with 5.5 inch in LaTeX. I found some pages about that topic but all solutions that i found have been very complicate and confusing to me. But the articles have been from 2009 too, so i guess there will be some easy solution today... Is "theme" the keyword to find the solution? Or will i have to include a binary font file? Can someone give me a link to an example? Kind regards and thanks a lot, -- Jonas Stein <news at jonasstein.de>
Jonas Stein <news <at> jonasstein.de> writes:> > Hi, > > how can i adjust the font in a ggplot2 qplot so that it will look > similar to the LaTeX font? > Computer Modern Sans Serif in the same size would be nice. > > My output device is > ggsave(filename="test.pdf", width=5.5, height=3, dpi=300) > and i will include the graphic with 5.5 inch in LaTeX. >The easiest thing to do is to use the tikzDevice device for graphics output, and in turn the easiest thing to do is to use it within knitr ... google 'tikzDevice' ...
On 9/30/2012 11:38 AM, Jonas Stein wrote:> Hi, > > how can i adjust the font in a ggplot2 qplot so that it will look > similar to the LaTeX font? > Computer Modern Sans Serif in the same size would be nice. > > My output device is > ggsave(filename="test.pdf", width=5.5, height=3, dpi=300) > and i will include the graphic with 5.5 inch in LaTeX. > > I found some pages about that topic but all solutions that i found have > been very complicate and confusing to me. > But the articles have been from 2009 too, so i guess there will be > some easy solution today...There is a recent (late last month) blog post on this topic: http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2012/09/how-to-use-your-favorite-fonts-in-r-charts.html> Is "theme" the keyword to find the solution?In ggplot2, the font family is controlled by the theme. "font family" will probably get more specific results.> Or will i have to include a binary font file?Possibly, but probably not since you would be using a font already present in the (final) PDF.> Can someone give me a link to an example? > > Kind regards and thanks a lot, >-- Brian S. Diggs, PhD Senior Research Associate, Department of Surgery Oregon Health & Science University