Negative numbers in (encapsulated) postscript generated by R loose their sign when opened in Adobe Illustrator 8 (french). This was so in 1.5.x and remains in 1.6.0. I suppose that this is a known issue, although it is rather a flaw in Illustrator than in R, if my analysis of it is correct. I sent a lengthy mail containing a solution (ISOLatin1Encoding has to be redefined) to the r-help mailing list, where it never arrived. Is there any interest in that I retype it and send it here? RenE Bertin. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
negative numbers in R plots in Illustrator 8 (and higher?) (PR#2199)
3 messages · Peter Dalgaard, RenE J.V. Bertin
rjvbertin@hotmail.com writes:
Negative numbers in (encapsulated) postscript generated by R loose their sign when opened in Adobe Illustrator 8 (french). This was so in 1.5.x and remains in 1.6.0. I suppose that this is a known issue, although it is rather a flaw in Illustrator than in R, if my analysis of it is correct. I sent a lengthy mail containing a solution (ISOLatin1Encoding has to be redefined) to the r-help mailing list, where it never arrived. Is there any interest in that I retype it and send it here?
First tell us your analysis... There is some weirdness with hyphen-vs-minus in the ISOLatin1Encoding, which I at some point got convinced that we're actually Doing According To Standards, weird as it might seem. However, if Adobe themselves are getting it wrong, we might reconsider our position. I think it is Brian who has the scars from that particular battle.
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On 22 Oct 2002 18:46:13 +0200, Peter Dalgaard BSA <p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk> wrote regarding "Re: negative numbers in R plots in Illustrator 8 (and higher?) (PR#2199)" 8-) > Is there any interest in that I retype it and send it here? 8-) 8-) First tell us your analysis... There is some weirdness with 8-) hyphen-vs-minus in the ISOLatin1Encoding, which I at some point got Indeed, it is that. Illustrator expects a hyphen at position 45, and not the minus that indeed appears to be the standard. ISO 1252 Latin 1 encoding does put the hyphen at that position. There is not much difference between the hyphen and the minus glyphs; the former is slightly narrower than the latter. And it seems to be the hyphen that is generated by most keyboards. 8-) it might seem. However, if Adobe themselves are getting it wrong, we 8-) might reconsider our position. Well, there *is* some sort of issue with them. If the encoding calls for a minus, they should show it, and not silently ignore it! Or give a warning if the requested font doesn't have it. Considering your position: just how easy is it to forget or overlook (the absence of) a sign? :) -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._