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2004 Mar 16
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Changing ComputerModern in postscript(...): A first attempt at contributing....
...when I use italic(...) in an R graphic.
I found out that the R postscript(..font="ComputerModern") outputs slanted
text when the R function italic(..) is used in a graphic. I think the text
should use the italic font.
For a quick overview of italic vs. slant vs. oblique see
http://www.eyewire.com/magazine/columns/robin/italic/
A response from Brian Ripley pointed me to the src/main/devPS.c file, and I
traced this behaviour to the use of the slanted/oblique afm font files,
rather than the italic afm font files. Anyway, I did some homework and
realised that making the change may not be...