detect_plot_font: Detect available sans-serif font for plots
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detect_plot_font R Documentation
Detect available sans-serif font for plots
Description
Checks for commonly available sans-serif fonts in order of preference
(Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica Neue) and returns the first available one.
Falls back to "sans" if none are found or if systemfonts is unavailable.
Usage
detect_plot_font()
Details
When ragg is being used as the graphics device (detected via options or
knitr settings), font detection works in non-interactive sessions since
ragg handles font rendering independently of the R graphics system.
Value
Character string with the font family name to use.
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Detect available sans-serif font for plots
Description
Checks for commonly available sans-serif fonts in order of preference (Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica Neue) and returns the first available one. Falls back to "sans" if none are found or if systemfonts is unavailable.
Usage
detect_plot_font()
Details
When ragg is being used as the graphics device (detected via options or knitr settings), font detection works in non-interactive sessions since ragg handles font rendering independently of the R graphics system.
Value
Character string with the font family name to use.
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