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| require(extrafont) | |
| require(ggplot2) | |
| font_import(pattern = "GIL", prompt = FALSE) # Import Gill family | |
| loadfonts(device="win") # Load them all | |
| fonts() # See what fonts are available | |
| zp1 <- ggplot(data = iris, | |
| aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Sepal.Width, label = Species)) | |
| zp1 <- zp1 + geom_text(family = "Gill Sans MT") | |
| zp1 <- zp1 + theme(text=element_text(family="Gill Sans Ultra Bold")) | |
| print(zp1) |
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The ggplots with Gill Sans MT look ok on the screen, but when saving to pdf (on Mac) get "font width unknown for character ..." errors and some symbols such as minus or µ don't appear on the saved pdf. Any way to solve this?