R help - Aug 2013 - italic(mu)

Hi,

I would like to include the greek letter mu, in italics, in an axis title.  The
following gets close, but the mu isn't italicized.

x <- 1:10
y <- 1:10
plot(y ~x, ylab = expression(paste('Greek ', italic(mu))))

Anybody know how to accomplish this?

Thanks,
Jake

=================================Jake J. Beaulieu, PhD
US Environmental Protection Agency
National Risk Management Research Lab
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
USA
513-569-7842  (desk)
513-487-2511 (fax)
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On Aug 20, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Beaulieu, Jake wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to include the greek letter mu, in italics, in an axis title. 
The following gets close, but the mu isn't italicized.
> 
> x <- 1:10
> y <- 1:10
> plot(y ~x, ylab = expression(paste('Greek ', italic(mu))))
> 
The Symbol font does not accept the italic() function. I'm pretty sure this
is mentioned in the help page:

?plotmath

You may need to use mtext with a font that does have an italic mu.

-- 
David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA

Hello,

You may find hints in the following thread:

https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2011-June/281493.html

Regards,
Pascal



2013/8/21 Beaulieu, Jake <Beaulieu.Jake@epa.gov>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to include the greek letter mu, in italics, in an axis title.
>  The following gets close, but the mu isn't italicized.
>
> x <- 1:10
> y <- 1:10
> plot(y ~x, ylab = expression(paste('Greek ', italic(mu))))
>
> Anybody know how to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks,
> Jake
>
> =================================> Jake J. Beaulieu, PhD
> US Environmental Protection Agency
> National Risk Management Research Lab
> 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
> Cincinnati, OH 45268
> USA
> 513-569-7842  (desk)
> 513-487-2511 (fax)
> beaulieu.jake@epa.gov
>
>
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