> As far as I can tell the Cairo device (CairoPNG) doesn't respect the > size either. It looks like your best option is to switch between pdf() > and png(type="cairo") using a wrapper like ggplot2::ggsave.
Using a wrapper function is exactly what I am doing (because I need it to save the occasional base R plot so ggsave won't work all the time). However, after extensively testing the different devices, quartz is the most desirable even for PNGs: png(type="cairo") messes up the fonts. Helvetica is used by default and the X11 part of OS X (the pango library specifically) cannot properly read the version of Helvetica provided by the system (in many software, the normal variant is actually bold). cairo uses pango so the fonts in the PNG don't look as good as in quartz. So basically I either have wrong size but correct fonts or wrong fonts but correct size. I currently chose the fonts over the size since the size can be corrected and the fonts cannot. BUt of course I would rather not have to choose ;) JiHO --- http://maururu.net ______________________________________________ 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.
