Have a look at this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7734535/control-font-thickness-without-changing-font-size
and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10686054/outlined-text-with-ggplot2 which refers to a base graphics version. HTH, b. On 20 June 2012 07:58, MacQueen, Don <macque...@llnl.gov> wrote: > I'm using mtext() to annotate a plot. I would like, if possible, to have > the individual characters formatted with an outline or border, with a > contrasting fill color inside the borders. > > I'd appreciate suggestions or pointers toward a way to do this. > > The reason is because I'm creating a graphic with a transparent background > [png(filename,bg='transparent')] that is to be overlaid on Google Earth. > The background at my location of interest is so varied in color and shape > that it is difficult to find a text color that will reliably have enough > contrast to be legible. Google appears to have dealt with this by using > white text with a black border on each character,and I would like to do > the same, if possible. > > I have done some searching, without success so far. Admittedly, this is > well outside the scope of what R is designed for, but, hey, R can do > everything, so why not this? I did find a possible alternative, the > textrect() function in the RPMG package. > > Thanks > -Don > > -- > Don MacQueen > > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > 7000 East Ave., L-627 > Livermore, CA 94550 > 925-423-1062 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
