R help - Apr 2013 - X11 font -adobe-helvetica size 15 could not be loaded

HI All,

I got this Error message, when I tried to plot
?X11 font -adobe-helvetica-%s-%s-*-*-%d-*-*-*-*-*-*-*, face 5 at size 15 could
not be loaded


sessionInfo()
R version 3.0.0 (2013-04-03)
Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit)

locale:
?[1] LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8?????? LC_NUMERIC=C????????????? 
?[3] LC_TIME=en_CA.UTF-8??????? LC_COLLATE=en_CA.UTF-8??? 
?[5] LC_MONETARY=en_CA.UTF-8??? LC_MESSAGES=en_CA.UTF-8?? 
?[7] LC_PAPER=C???????????????? LC_NAME=C???????????????? 
?[9] LC_ADDRESS=C?????????????? LC_TELEPHONE=C??????????? 
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C?????? 

attached base packages:
[1] stats???? graphics? grDevices utils???? datasets? methods?? base???? 

other attached packages:
[1] stringr_0.6.2? reshape2_1.2.2

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] plyr_1.8??? tools_3.0.0


I looked online for a solution.and found this
(https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2002-June/022116.html).? But,

/etc/X11 $ ls
app-defaults???????????? rgb.txt? xkb?????? Xresources? Xsession.options
default-display-manager? X??????? Xreset??? Xsession??? XvMCConfig
fonts??????????????????? xinit??? Xreset.d? Xsession.d? Xwrapper.config

doesn't have XF86Config

?capabilities("X11")
?X11 
TRUE 
names(X11Fonts())
[1] "serif"??????? "sans"???????? "mono"????????
"Times"??????? "Helvetica"??
[6] "CyrTimes"???? "CyrHelvetica" "Arial"???????
"Mincho"?


Then, I installed xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-75dpi (Ubuntu-based).
xset -q #output


Font Path:
? /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,built-ins
Regards,
Lisa.

See ?X11 and the 'R Installation and Administration Manual'.

You are dragging up ancient history (2002).  The 'modern' X11 device 
(from 2007) uses cairographics and does not use X11 fonts.  I suggest 
you take a look at how R was built and ensure that the cairo-based 
device is available.

Further, for a long time most X11 installations have been from Xorg and 
not Xfree86, and do not generally have a config file.

On 04/04/2013 22:02, Lisa Daniel wrote:
> HI All,
>
> I got this Error message, when I tried to plot
>   X11 font -adobe-helvetica-%s-%s-*-*-%d-*-*-*-*-*-*-*, face 5 at size 15
could not be loaded
>
>
> sessionInfo()
> R version 3.0.0 (2013-04-03)
> Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>
> locale:
>   [1] LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
>   [3] LC_TIME=en_CA.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_CA.UTF-8
>   [5] LC_MONETARY=en_CA.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_CA.UTF-8
>   [7] LC_PAPER=C                 LC_NAME=C
>   [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] stringr_0.6.2  reshape2_1.2.2
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] plyr_1.8    tools_3.0.0
>
>
> I looked online for a solution.and found this
(https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2002-June/022116.html).  But,
>
> /etc/X11 $ ls
> app-defaults             rgb.txt  xkb       Xresources  Xsession.options
> default-display-manager  X        Xreset    Xsession    XvMCConfig
> fonts                    xinit    Xreset.d  Xsession.d  Xwrapper.config
>
> doesn't have XF86Config
>
>   capabilities("X11")
>   X11
> TRUE
> names(X11Fonts())
> [1] "serif"        "sans"         "mono"     
"Times"        "Helvetica"
> [6] "CyrTimes"     "CyrHelvetica" "Arial"    
"Mincho"
>
>
> Then, I installed xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-75dpi (Ubuntu-based).
> xset -q #output
>
>
> Font Path:
>    /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,built-ins
> Regards,
> Lisa.
>
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