How to plot chinese characters on pdf?

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My question is related to my previous question.

How to plot bar plot with Chinese names in input file?

I need to plot now chinese characters on pdf.

mydata = matrix( c( 2:6, c( 2,4,2,6,3 ) ), nrow= 2 )
mylabs = c( "木材", "表", "笔", "垃圾桶", "杯" )
barplot( mydata, beside=T, horiz= "T", names.arg= mylabs, las= 1, col= c( "red", "blue" ) )

pdf( "plotname.pdf" )
barplot( mydata, beside=T, horiz= "T", names.arg= mylabs, las= 1, col= c( "red", "blue" ) )
dev.off()

But on pdf only .... gets printed instead of Chinese names.

Regards

January · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-18 07:15:27Z

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Try this:

cairo_pdf( "plotname.pdf" )
barplot( mydata, beside=T, horiz= "T", names.arg= mylabs, las= 1, col= c( "red", "blue" ) )
dev.off()

answered Oct 18, 2012 at 7:15

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Manish Over a year ago

Ok, But i m getting following error message on my linux when i use cairo command failed to load cairo DLL

January Over a year ago

Dear Manish, something is wrong with your Ubuntu. I also use 10.04, default interface, and it works like a charm.

plannapus · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-18 07:47:01Z

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I had the same problem as yours (I'm on a Mac with R 2.14.2 and locale settings in french).
I managed to get around by specifying the font family "GB1" (Simplified Chinese) in the pdf call:

pdf( "plotname.pdf" , family="GB1")
barplot( mydata, beside=T, horiz= "T", names.arg= mylabs, las= 1, col= c( "red", "blue" ) )
dev.off()

answered Oct 18, 2012 at 7:47

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Manish Over a year ago

This is very useful but in order to see the chinese characters, i need to install chinese font for adobe reader.

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