I don't know how to help with the Unicode issue, but one alternative is the my.symbols function in the TeachingDemos package (see ?ms.male as well as ?my.symbols).
Hope this helps, -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.s...@imail.org 801.408.8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Steiner > Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 9:19 AM > To: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] unicode only works with a second one > > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
