ggplot to pdf formatting issue: "€" - Euro symbol

[rrJosh]

UseRs,
I'm having issues with preservation of number formats in saved pdfs,
specifically with the euro symbol.
I stepped through the same process with the "dollar" and "percent"
format functions to see if the problem is isolated to my "euro"
function, which it appears to be.

Here is my example, first with the functional "dollar" instance:

library(ggplot2)
x <- seq(0,10,1)
y <- seq(0, 1000000, 100000)
qplot(x,y, geom = "line") + scale_y_continuous(formatter = "dollar")

pdf("file.pdf")
par(ask = F)
qplot(x,y, geom = "line") + scale_y_continuous(formatter = "dollar")
dev.off()

# Inspecting the saved pdf, the dollar formatting is fine. moving
on...
# NOW...similar to the "dollar" function to format numbers as french
Euros (e.g., 1 000 000,00 €):

euro <- function(x) {
paste(format(x, big.mark = " ", decimal.mark = ",", trim = TRUE,
scientific = FALSE)," €", sep = "") # entered using ALT + Shift + 2
}

qplot(x,y, geom = "line") + scale_y_continuous(formatter = "euro")
# everything should look fine in the quartz device.

pdf("file.pdf")
par(ask = F)
qplot(x,y, geom = "line") + scale_y_continuous(formatter = "euro")
dev.off()

# Inspecting the saved pdf, the " €" as been converted to "...",
citing the following in the warning messages: Warning messages:
# 1: In grid.Call("L_textBounds", as.graphicsAnnot(x$label), ... :
# conversion failure on '0 €' in 'mbcsToSbcs': dot substituted for
<e2>

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Josh

[Pierre Roudier]

Hi Josh,

Haven't tested myself, but I would have a look to the encoding option
of the pdf() function.

See ?postscript

HTH,

Pierre

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FYI:

Not sure how to help, but I can confirm that it works on my machine - the Euro format in the PDF looks fine.



Adam Loveland

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