There's also pointsize, depending on your device.
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:31 PM, gigi1234 <ggra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ok thanks. I did have some success using the cex options. Figured out that
> I
> was putting some of the arguments in the wrong place.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:24 PM, David Winsemius [via R] <
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> >
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > On Feb 3, 2011, at 7:12 PM, gigi1234 wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I am trying to make some plots for a poster. Each one needs to be 6
> > > inches by
> > > inches. Right now the fonts are too small and the plots don't read
> > > well on
> > > my poster. I am pretty much an R newbie and I can't figure out how
> > > to change
> > > the fonts. It would also be nice to know how to specify the size of
> > > the plot
> > > and maybe how to save the plots as jpeg files. Any help would be much
> > > appreciated! I am not too picky about the details like font type, I
> > > just
> > > want the size of the fonts (especially the axes and axes labels) to be
> > > bigger!
> >
> > ?par
> >
> > cex, cex.main, cex.lab, and cex.axis are arguments that should be
> > helpful to control various font sizes.
> >
> > ?Devices
> > ?jpeg
> >
> > The device settings are where you can change the plot size. There are
> > examples on the help pages.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks so much!
> > >
> > > Here is my code:
> > >
> > > # Poster figure 1
> > >
> > > stationmean=c(19.4833,10.8000)
> > > fieldmean=c(14.6852, 15.5981)
> > >
> > > plot(c(0,1),fieldmean,xaxt='n',type="b",pch=20,col="green3",
> > > main="Foxtail Seeds Remaining vs.Field Type", ylab="Mean Number
> > > Foxtail
> > > Seeds Remaining",
> > > xlab="Field Type",ylim=c(10,20),xlim=c(-.25,1.25))
> > > axis(1,at=c(0,1),labels=c("Cover Crop","Wheat Stubble"))
> > >
> > > # Poster figure 2
> > >
> > > stationmean=c(19.4833,10.8000)
> > > fieldmean=c(14.6852, 15.5981)
> > >
> > > plot(c(0,1),stationmean,xaxt='n',type="b",pch=20,col="green3",
> > > main="Foxtail Seeds Remaining vs. Station Type", ylab="Mean Number
> > > Foxtail
> > > Seeds Remaining",
> > > xlab="Station Type",ylim=c(10,20),xlim=c(-.25,1.25))
> > > axis(1,at=c(0,1),labels=c("Invertebrate Only","Open Access"))
> > >
> > > # Poster figure 3
> > >
> > > meantime=22.1
> > > meancumrainfall=.4837
> > > meanavelowt=35.4920071
> > > meanavehight=55.3242738
> > > meanvegcover=81.1729167
> > >
> > > pred.veg = 33.3160 + -.2439*meantime - .8409*(.5) + 8.6833*(.5) +
> > > .5427*(meancumrainfall)-.3087*(meanavehight) +
> > > .01087*(seq(0,164.5,by=5))
> > > pred.veg
> > >
> > > plot(seq(0,164.5,by=5),pred.veg,type='l',col='blue',lwd=2,
> > > main='Foxtail Seeds Remaining vs. Vegetative Cover Biomass',
> > > xlab='Vegetative Cover Biomass (g / 0.25 m^2',
> > > ylab='Mean Number Foxtail Seeds Remaining',ylim=c(10,22))
> > >
> > > # Poster figure 4
> > >
> > > meantime=22.1
> > > meancumrainfall=.4837
> > > meanavelowt=35.4920071
> > > meanavehight=55.3242738
> > > meanvegcover=81.1729167
> > >
> > > pred.rain = 33.3160 + -0.2439*meantime - .8409*(.5) + 8.6833*(.5) -
> > > 1.0571*(seq(0,1.569,by=.1))-.3087*(meanavehight) +
> > > .01087*(meanvegcover)
> > > pred.rain
> > >
> > > plot(seq(0,1.569,by=.1),pred.rain,type='l',col='blue',lwd=2,
> > > main='Foxtail Seeds Remaining vs. Cumulative Rainfall',
> > > xlab='Cumulative
> > > Rainfall (in)',
> > > ylab='Mean Number Foxtail Seeds Remaining',ylim=c(10,22))
> > >
> > > # Poster figure 5
> > >
> > > meantime=22.1
> > > meancumrainfall=.4837
> > > meanavelowt=35.4920071
> > > meanavehight=55.3242738
> > > meanvegcover=81.1729167
> > >
> > > pred.high = 33.3160 + -.2439*meantime - .8409*(.5) + 8.6833*(.5) +
> > > 1.0571*(meancumrainfall)-.3087*(seq(37.733,74.38228571,by=1)) +
> > > .01087*(meanvegcover)
> > > pred.high
> > >
> > > plot(seq(37.733,74.38228571,by=1),pred.high,type='l',col='blue',lwd=2,
> > > main='Foxtail Seeds Remaining vs. Average Daily High Temp',
> > > xlab='Average
> > > Daily High Temperature (degrees F)',
> > > ylab='Mean Number Foxtail Seeds Remaining',ylim=c(10,22))
> > >
> > > # Poster figure 6
> > >
> > > meantime=25.3333333
> > > meancumrainfall=.4015
> > > meanavelowt=37.9325
> > > meanavehight=62.2579683
> > > meanvegcover=77.6145833
> > > meannumtotseedwt=.8708333
> > >
> > > pred.seed = 24.4096 + -.1930*meantime - 3.5233*(.5) + 11.8611*(.5) -
> > > 2.7335*(meancumrainfall)-.1510*(meanavehight) +
> > > .01286*(meanvegcover) - 3.2848*(seq(.2,1.6,by=.05))
> > > pred.seed
> > >
> > > plot(seq(.2,1.6,by=.05),pred.seed,type='l',col='blue',lwd=2,
> > > main='Foxtail Seeds Remaining vs. Ambient Seed Load', xlab='Ambient
> > > Seed
> > > Load (g / 0.25 m^2',
> > > ylab='Mean Number Foxtail Seeds Remaining',ylim=c(8,16))
> > >
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