Re: [R] Problems with graphical devices, e.g., png(), pdf(): blurry graphical output

2008-12-17 Thread Y-H Chen
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 3:06 AM, Martyn Plummer wrote: > The artefacts that you see are a normal result of using bitmap graphics > devices. I have tried to explain these below: Thanks very much for your explanations, MP; they were quite informative!! I recognize that others may feel differently

Re: [R] Problems with graphical devices, e.g., png(), pdf(): blurry graphical output

2008-12-17 Thread Y-H Chen
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > Your PDF problems indicate a broken viewer. How were you viewing PDF? You are absolutely correct about the PDF files; I've since checked the PDF files in other viewers and have not been able to reproduce the problem. There was definite

[R] Problems with graphical devices, e.g., png(), pdf(): blurry graphical output

2008-12-16 Thread Y-H Chen
On my current home system, I am getting undesirable output from graphical devices such as png() and pdf(). The graphical output is blurry. I haven't experienced the problem on other systems. As you will see from the attached text file (more information on this file below), the problem does not occu