Miller Text Italic

[Lavonna Baldree]

Iwas fooling around with including a p-value and R2 value on a plot I was putting together, and found myself quickly descending into the world of R graphics esoterica. I wanted to be able to include the values on the fly using values extracted from a linear model summary object, and I wanted to use the proper italics and superscripts for the text. The desired output is shown below. What follows is how I finally generated the plot.

That was the simple part. Getting the p-value and R2 onto the plot takes a little more doing. The first step is to extract those values from the model summary object we made. The adjusted R2 value is easily available:

This makes the final plot I was originally looking for. The R2 value and p-value are inserted in the top corner of the plot, automatically justified so they fit nicely inside the boundary of the figure. If my dataset changes in the future, I can re-run the code above to re-fit the linear model, extract the new R2and p-values, and have them plotted on the figure.

A couple of posts ago, we talked about the distinction between quotation marks and italics. Italics are used when referring to complete works in text: movie titles, book titles, TV series titles, names of magazines and newspapers, works of art, and operas, Quotation marks are used for parts of those works, such as chapter titles, TV series episodes, magazine and newspaper articles, and short stories.

2. Use italics for uncommon foreign words and phrases in your writing. Many of these words and phrases have become common and do not require italics. Consult a style guide or dictionary. These words and phrases are considered common: a la carte, alma mater, bona fide, chutzpah, en route, et al., etc., non sequitur, per annum, per diem, magnum opus, rendezvous, savoir faire, status quo, summa cum laude, vice versa. (This is not a complete list of common foreign words.)

The origins of Bookman Old Style lie in the typeface called Oldstyle Antique, designed by A C Phemister circa 1858 for the Miller and Richard foundry in Edinburgh, Scotland. Many American foundries made versions of this type which eventually became known as Bookman. Monotype Bookman Old Style roman is based on earlier Lanston Monotype and ATF models. The italic has been re drawn following the style of the Oldstyle Antique italics of Miller and Richard. Although called 'Old Style', the near vertical stress of the face puts it into the transitional category. A legible and robust text face.

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