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For example, try this: plot(1, 1) mtext(expression(paste( "See Author1 and Author2 (2007), \"Title\", ", italic(Journal), " ", italic(of), " ", italic(Something), ", pp. 1-50."))) Jean lukevancleve wrote on 04/03/2012 01:10:06 PM: > Hi, > > I need to italicize the journal in a citation but have thus far failed. How > can I make 'Journal of Something' below italic but leave the rest plain? > > mtext( "See Author1 and Author2 (2007) , \"Title\", Journal of Something , > pp. 1-50.", side = 3, outer = T, line=-0.75, cex = 0.7, at= 0.04, adj = 0, > font = 1, family = "Times") > > Thanks [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.