text_combined: prof brian ripley ripleystatsoxacuk thu 7 aug 2008 michael watson iahc wrote following previous mail plot110110 mtexttitle side3 adj0 font3 cex15 works expected puts font italics tag suffix genea plot110110 mtextbquotetag delta suffix side3 adj0 font3 cex15 font isnt italics normal presume interplay bquote perhaps r doesnt know italics version capital greek delta character r yet mathematical symbol delta greek character one font mathematical symbols italic rs standard devices unlike tex already told windows need uptodate version r please install rdevel snapshot cran tag suffix genea plot110110 mtextpastetag u0394 suffix side3 adj0 cex15 font3 work even uses consistent font future answer followup postings use symbol vs greek character correctly idea get italics thanks mick head informatics institute animal health compton berks rg20 7nn 01635 578411 httpwwwiahacukresearchbioinformaticsbioinfshtml information contained message may confidedropped14 ______________________________________________ rhelprprojectorg mailing list httpsstatethzchmailmanlistinforhelp please read posting guide httpwwwrprojectorgpostingguidehtml provide commented minimal selfcontained reproducible code brian ripley ripleystatsoxacuk professor applied statistics httpwwwstatsoxacukripley university oxford tel 44 1865 272861 self 1 south parks road 44 1865 272866 pa oxford ox1 3tg uk fax 44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ rhelprprojectorg mailing list httpsstatethzchmailmanlistinforhelp please read posting guide httpwwwrprojectorgpostingguidehtml provide commented minimal selfcontained reproducible code thu 07 aug 2008 093944 0100 r mtext doesnt display characters italic use greek symbol