cex in Windows vs. Linux - R-help

Tue, Nov 12, 2002 7:12 PM #

Hi

Andrew Schuh wrote:

I think part of the problem is that the font used on the X11 device is
Helvetica and the default font for Windows is Arial.  The default point
size is 12 in both cases, but just because two fonts have the same
nominal point size does not mean that they physically are the same size.
It should theoretically be possible to set yourself up with either
Helvetica on Windows or Arial on Linux, but I don't know of a (free)
source for such fonts.

Paul

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Matej Cepl

Tue, Nov 12, 2002 8:29 PM #

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:12:17PM +1300, Paul Murrell wrote:

Well, if he has Windows on his computer, it should be easy (and
probably even legal) to use TT fonts from the Windows mount in
Linux.

Matej

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Brian Ripley

Tue, Nov 12, 2002 11:25 PM #

On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Paul Murrell wrote:

A quick fix is to use the `pointsize' argument of the devices you use.

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Peter Dalgaard

Wed, Nov 13, 2002 3:15 AM #

Paul Murrell <p.murrell at auckland.ac.nz> writes:

http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/contrib/noarch/noarch/webfonts-1-3.noarch.html

There's some mumblejumble because Microsoft made this stuff available
for free, but only allowed *unmodified* redistribution, so this
package has the original MS package + code to turn it into an RPM.

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Marc Schwartz

Wed, Nov 13, 2002 4:52 AM #

There is a source for MS TT fonts here:

http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/


The primary instructions are for RPM based distros, but there are links
on the page for others.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz


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