I now tried a differnt R version under a drifferent OS, even worse: R version 2.9.0 alpha (2009-03-23 r48200) with Windwos XP does only show "\u2642". Do I need to install some fonts or so? Thanks Thomas
2009/3/28 Thomas Steiner <finbref.2...@gmail.com>: > I'd like to paste a zodiac sign on a graph, but it only prints it when > I add another unicode ( \u3030) to the desired \u2648 - why? > See the examplecode (compare the orange with the skyblue): > > plot(c(-1,1),c(-4,-2),type="n") > text(x=0,y=-3.0,labels="\u2648 \u3030",cex=2.3,col="skyblue") > text(x=0,y=-3.2,labels="\u2648",cex=2.3,col="orange") > zodiac=c("\u2642 \u2643 \u2644 \u2645 \u2646 \u2647 \u2648 \u2649 > \u2650 \u2651 \u2652 \u2653") > text(x=0,y=-3.5,labels=paste(zodiac,"\u3030"),cex=2.3,col="navy") > > I use R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) under MS Windows Vista. > Thanks for help > Thomas > ______________________________________________ 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.