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On Apr 27, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Aparna Radhakrishnan wrote:
Hi...sorry that my question seemed incomplete.
The plotting code :
par
(cex
.axis
=
0.8,las=1,font.lab=2,font.axis=2,family="sans",mgp=c(2,1,0),mar=c(3,
3, 4, 2)+0.1)
plot(A$pos,-log(A$GPVI_frequentist_add_Batch_expected_pvalue,
10),col=A$R2class,pch=A
$pch,xlim=c(161160087,161214038),ylim=c(0,7),xlab="Genomic
position",ylab=expression(-log[10]~(P-value)))
Well, since you didn't give the data, most of that plot argument is
superfluous. Lets just use plot(1,1) as out staring point. Plotmath
expression interpetation of the font choices among plain, bold and
italic are controlled by plotmath functions, so:
plot(1,1, ylab=expression( bold(-log[10]~(P-value) ) ) )
Now, thinking as the plotmath interpreter which considers "-" to be
meaningful and then back as a human interpreter, I would suggest that
you also consider whether this is what you really wanted:
plot(1,1, ylab=expression(bold(-log[10]~(P*"-"*value))) ) # no spaces
fore and aft of the minus sign
Noting that one needs to quote the minus sing to prevent its
interpretation as as minus sign. Or perhaps (thinking now as a human-
plotmath hybrid):
plot(1,1, ylab=expression(bold(-log[bold("10")]~(P*"-"*value))) )
(Note that I suggested earlier that there _was_ a way to get numbers
bold()-ed.)
--
David.
I am using a MacBook Pro and I have the R 2.15.0 . I have used only
the base-graphics and not loaded any other libraries.
Hope that completes the question.
Please also find the plot attached here. Note the y-axis label is
not in bold face or in "sans" font.
Regards,
Aparna.
<FCER1G_locus_association.jpeg>
On 27 Apr 2012, at 19:36, David Winsemius wrote:
On Apr 27, 2012, at 11:22 AM, aparna15 wrote:
Hi..
I managed to use expression() for superscripting and subscripting
values in
my axis labels.
What's missing here is your plotting code and your machine and R
installation details. You may want to review the Posting Guide for
what is requested. Plotting issues are more machine dependent than
other aspects. Since the ?plotmath page does have details that
include:
"The fonts used are taken from the current font family, and so can
be set by par(family=) in base graphics, and gpar(fontfamily=) in
package grid.
Note that bold, italic and bolditalic do not apply to symbols, and
hence not to the Greek symbols such as mu which are displayed in
the symbol font. They also do not apply to numeric constants."
... my speculation is that you may not be using base graphics or
you may have excessive expectations regarding how symbols are
displayed. You can sometimes get around that last limitation by
using character values where you want numeric values in bold or
italic. Again, we need full details. Put together a reproducible
example and repost.
--
David
However, I notice that the font and style that I had passed
through par() are ignored.
I used :
par(font.lab=2, font=2, family="sans")
but when I employ expression() for my xlab, the styling given
above is
completely ignored.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone knew of a method of
maintaing the
style while superscripting or subscripting in an axis label.
Regards,
Aparna.
David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT
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