thanks, the fonts seem to be on:> rglFonts()$serif [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" $sans [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" $mono [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" $symbol [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" On 27/03/17 20:21, Duncan Murdoch wrote:> On 27/03/2017 1:09 PM, olsen wrote: >> I'm trying to run the example given in ?text3d as follows: >> >> library(rgl) >> open3d() >> famnum <- rep(1:4, 8) >> family <- c("serif", "sans", "mono", "symbol")[famnum] >> font <- rep(rep(1:4, each = 4), 2) >> cex <- rep(1:2, each = 16) >> text3d(font, cex, famnum, text = paste(family, font), adj = 0.5, >> color = "blue", family = family, font = font, cex = cex) >> >> This results in a couple of warning messages of the following kind: >> >> In rgl.texts(x = c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, ... : >> font family "serif" not found, using "bitmap" >> >> I would like to use another font instead of bitmap but it seems to >> switchback to bitmap whatever argument I give as family e.g. 'family >> "FreeSans"'. >> Wonder if this is a bug or I'm doing something wrong. >> >> This is on >> R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31) >> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) >> Running under: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) >> with the following rgl version loaded: >> [1] rgl_0.96.0 > > What do you see if you run rglFonts()? It should list the fonts you > have installed. On MacOS, I see > >> rglFonts() > $serif > [1] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > > [2] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > > [3] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > > [4] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > > > $sans > [1] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" > > [2] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" > > [3] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" > > [4] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" > > > $mono > [1] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" > > [2] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" > > [3] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" > > [4] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" > > > $symbol > [1] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > > [2] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > > [3] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > > [4] > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > > > If you don't have Freetype installed on your system, you won't be able > to use any of those. > > Duncan Murdoch >-- Our solar system is the cream of the crop http://hasa-labs.org
I think I found the fly in the ointment, running the same text3d() lines with 'useFreeType=TRUE' returns: "FreeType not supported in this build" On 28/03/17 11:05, olsen wrote:> thanks, the fonts seem to be on: >> rglFonts() > $serif > [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > > $sans > [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" > [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" > [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" > [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" > > $mono > [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" > [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" > [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" > [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" > > $symbol > [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" > > On 27/03/17 20:21, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >> On 27/03/2017 1:09 PM, olsen wrote: >>> I'm trying to run the example given in ?text3d as follows: >>> >>> library(rgl) >>> open3d() >>> famnum <- rep(1:4, 8) >>> family <- c("serif", "sans", "mono", "symbol")[famnum] >>> font <- rep(rep(1:4, each = 4), 2) >>> cex <- rep(1:2, each = 16) >>> text3d(font, cex, famnum, text = paste(family, font), adj = 0.5, >>> color = "blue", family = family, font = font, cex = cex) >>> >>> This results in a couple of warning messages of the following kind: >>> >>> In rgl.texts(x = c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, ... : >>> font family "serif" not found, using "bitmap" >>> >>> I would like to use another font instead of bitmap but it seems to >>> switchback to bitmap whatever argument I give as family e.g. 'family >>> "FreeSans"'. >>> Wonder if this is a bug or I'm doing something wrong. >>> >>> This is on >>> R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31) >>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) >>> Running under: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) >>> with the following rgl version loaded: >>> [1] rgl_0.96.0 >> >> What do you see if you run rglFonts()? It should list the fonts you >> have installed. On MacOS, I see >> >>> rglFonts() >> $serif >> [1] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> >> [2] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> >> [3] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> >> [4] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> >> >> $sans >> [1] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >> >> [2] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >> >> [3] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >> >> [4] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >> >> >> $mono >> [1] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >> >> [2] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >> >> [3] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >> >> [4] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >> >> >> $symbol >> [1] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> >> [2] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> >> [3] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> >> [4] >> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> >> >> If you don't have Freetype installed on your system, you won't be able >> to use any of those. >> >> Duncan Murdoch >> >
On 28/03/2017 6:39 AM, olsen wrote:> I think I found the fly in the ointment, running the same text3d() lines > with 'useFreeType=TRUE' returns: > "FreeType not supported in this build"You need to install FreeType and FTGL. I think this is how to do it on Trusty. Don't know if it will work on your Ubuntu version. sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev sudo apt-get install libftgl-dev and then reinstall rgl from within R using install.packages("rgl", type="source") Duncan Murdoch> > > On 28/03/17 11:05, olsen wrote: >> thanks, the fonts seem to be on: >>> rglFonts() >> $serif >> [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> >> $sans >> [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >> [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >> [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >> [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >> >> $mono >> [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >> [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >> [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >> [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >> >> $symbol >> [1] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> [2] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> [3] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> [4] "/usr/lib/R/site-library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >> >> On 27/03/17 20:21, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >>> On 27/03/2017 1:09 PM, olsen wrote: >>>> I'm trying to run the example given in ?text3d as follows: >>>> >>>> library(rgl) >>>> open3d() >>>> famnum <- rep(1:4, 8) >>>> family <- c("serif", "sans", "mono", "symbol")[famnum] >>>> font <- rep(rep(1:4, each = 4), 2) >>>> cex <- rep(1:2, each = 16) >>>> text3d(font, cex, famnum, text = paste(family, font), adj = 0.5, >>>> color = "blue", family = family, font = font, cex = cex) >>>> >>>> This results in a couple of warning messages of the following kind: >>>> >>>> In rgl.texts(x = c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, ... : >>>> font family "serif" not found, using "bitmap" >>>> >>>> I would like to use another font instead of bitmap but it seems to >>>> switchback to bitmap whatever argument I give as family e.g. 'family >>>> "FreeSans"'. >>>> Wonder if this is a bug or I'm doing something wrong. >>>> >>>> This is on >>>> R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31) >>>> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) >>>> Running under: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) >>>> with the following rgl version loaded: >>>> [1] rgl_0.96.0 >>> >>> What do you see if you run rglFonts()? It should list the fonts you >>> have installed. On MacOS, I see >>> >>>> rglFonts() >>> $serif >>> [1] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >>> >>> [2] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >>> >>> [3] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >>> >>> [4] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >>> >>> >>> $sans >>> [1] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >>> >>> [2] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >>> >>> [3] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >>> >>> [4] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" >>> >>> >>> $mono >>> [1] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >>> >>> [2] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >>> >>> [3] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >>> >>> [4] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeMono.ttf" >>> >>> >>> $symbol >>> [1] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >>> >>> [2] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >>> >>> [3] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >>> >>> [4] >>> "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.3/Resources/library/rgl/fonts/FreeSerif.ttf" >>> >>> >>> If you don't have Freetype installed on your system, you won't be able >>> to use any of those. >>> >>> Duncan Murdoch >>> >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. >