change the font of the title in a plot in r
To change the font of the title in a plot in R, you can follow these steps:
Load the necessary library: If you haven't already, load the
extrafont
library by running the commandlibrary(extrafont)
.Install the font: To use a specific font, you need to install it on your system. You can install the font using the
font_import()
function from theextrafont
library. For example, to install the font "Arial", you can runfont_import(pattern = "Arial")
.Load the font: After installing the font, load it using the
loadfonts()
function. For example, to load the "Arial" font, runloadfonts(device = "win")
.Specify the font in your plot: Now, you can specify the desired font for your plot. In the
plot()
function, use thefamily
argument to specify the font family. For example, if you want to use the "Arial" font for the title, you can addfamily = "Arial"
to theplot()
function.
Here's an example of how these steps can be implemented:
# Load the extrafont library
library(extrafont)
# Install the Arial font
font_import(pattern = "Arial")
# Load the Arial font
loadfonts(device = "win")
# Create a plot with the Arial font for the title
plot(1:10, type = "n", main = "Plot Title", family = "Arial")
By following these steps, you should be able to change the font of the title in your R plot.