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Subject:    [R] Unexpected behaviour of windowsFonts() when Rdevga is edited
From:       csrabak () bol ! com ! br
Date:       2017-12-26 17:54:14
Message-ID: 5a428cc6da7a2_46d13fdc6a7f11343484e () a4-winter19 ! mail
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Hi folks,
 

Running R in a Windows machine:
 
> sessionInfo()
R version 3.4.2 (2017-09-28)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 8.1 x64 (build 9600)
 
Matrix products: default
 
locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=Portuguese_Brazil.1252  LC_CTYPE=Portuguese_Brazil.1252   
[3] LC_MONETARY=Portuguese_Brazil.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C                      
[5] LC_TIME=Portuguese_Brazil.1252    
 
attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
 
loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_3.4.2  nlme_3.1-131    grid_3.4.2      lattice_0.20-35
[5] fortunes_1.5-4 
 
Where Rdevega was edited as folows:
 
# The system-wide copy is in rwxxxx/etc.
# A user copy can be installed in `R_USER'.
 
# Format is 
# [TT] face:style
# where style is plain, bold, italic or bold&italic.
# If 'TT' is present, only TrueType/OpenType fonts are searched.
# Remarks:
#   (a) Windows graphics engine can only rotate TrueType fonts;
#   (b) Only the first 32 fonts will be used.
 
<Rdevga>
TT Verdana : plain
TT Verdana : bold
TT Verdana : italic
TT Verdana : bold&italic
 
# Please, don't change the following definition. The plot math engine
# assumes that font5 contains greek letters and math symbols
TT Symbol: plain
 
TT Times New Roman : plain
TT Times New Roman : bold
TT Times New Roman : italic
TT Times New Roman : bold&italic
 
TT Courier New: plain
TT Courier New: bold
TT Courier New: italic
TT Courier New: bold&italic
 
TT Century Gothic : plain
TT Century Gothic : bold
TT Century Gothic : italic
TT Century Gothic : bold&italic
 
TT Matisse ITC: plain
TT Wingdings: plain
</Rdevga>
 
 
When I check the font family:
 
> windowsFonts()$sans
[1] "TT Arial"
 
I find unexpected that the family name is still "TT Arial" although the font when \
ploting or using text() for annotation in graphics employs the font selected in the \
Rdevga file (Verdana in this case).  
I searched all documentation and the Net and the answer to this puzzle eluded me, so \
if not a bug, I find this very unexpected!  
TIA
 
--
Cesar Rabak

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