====== Unicode symbols on maps ======

In preparation

<code>
> library(grid)
> plot(1,1,type='n'); grid.text("\u4F60\u597D") # chinese
> plot(1,1,type='n'); grid.text("\u25CB\u25D4\u25D1\u25D5\u25CF\u25CD") # circles
> plot(1,1,type='n'); grid.text("\u2639\u263A\u263C\u2640\u2642") # smiley, sun, male/female
</code>

===== URLs ===== 

  * R-news 2006-2 / Paul Murrell, Brian Ripley: [[http://cran.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2006-2.pdf|Non-Standard Fonts in PostScript and PDF Graphics]]
  * Paul Murrell: [[http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/R/fonts.html|fonts]]; [[http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/R/devices.html|devices]]; [[http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/R/gpars.html|gpars]]; [[http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/R/PDF/pdfEncoding.html|pdf Encoding]]; [[http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/grid/grid.html|Grid]]; [[http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/Talks/Tokyo/grid.pdf|Grid/slides]]; [[http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/R/CM/cmTutorial.pdf|CM]]
  * [[http://www.1001freefonts.com/rfonts.php|1001 free fonts]]
  * [[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1395323/fonts-in-r-plots|Fonts in R-plots]]; [[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5886018/using-unicode-dingbat-like-glyphs-in-r-graphics-across-devices-platforms-e|using Unicode dingbat like glyphs]]
  * R-bloggers: [[http://www.r-bloggers.com/unicode-symbols-in-r/|Unicode symbols in R]]
  * [[http://www.jameskeirstead.ca/typography/changing-the-fonts-in-r-plots/|Changing the fonts in R-plots]]
  * R-manual: [[http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/grDevices/html/00Index.html|grDevices]], [[http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/grDevices/html/postscriptFonts.html|Postscript Fonts]], [[http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/grDevices/html/postscript.html|Postscript]], [[http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/grDevices/html/plotmath.html|Plotmath]], [[http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/graphics/html/points.html|points]]
  * Pipermail: [[https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2008-August/171359.html|A]], [[https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2011-March/270362.html|B]], [[https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2009-August/208323.html|C]]
  * Omegahat: [[http://www.omegahat.org/|index]], [[http://www.omegahat.org/RFreetype/|RFreetype]]
  * http://yihui.name/en/2010/03/font-families-for-the-r-pdf-device/
  * http://www.talkstats.com/showthread.php/9167-True-Type-Fonts-in-R-Plots
  * http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Short-refcard.pdf
  * http://www.statoek.wiso.uni-goettingen.de/mitarbeiter/ogi/pub/r_workshop.pdf
  * http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Statistical_Analysis:_an_Introduction_using_R/R_basics
  * Quick-R: [[http://www.statmethods.net/advgraphs/axes.html|axes]], [[http://www.statmethods.net/advgraphs/parameters.html|parameters]]
  * http://www.fort.usgs.gov/brdscience/learnR.htm
  * http://www.gardenersown.co.uk/Education/Lectures/R/graphs.htm
  * http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/quot-Low-Pain-quot-Unicode-Characters-in-pdf-graph-td3524275.html
  * http://students.washington.edu/what/plotcharactersUnicode.pdf
  * http://www.mail-archive.com/r-help@r-project.org/msg65541.html
  * http://www.mail-archive.com/ling-r-lang-l@mailman.ucsd.edu/msg00120.html
  * http://www.inside-r.org/r-doc/grDevices/group
  * http://depts.washington.edu/phonlab/resources/SH_vowel_plots_R.pdf
  * R for Windows FAQ: [[http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/rw-FAQ.html|index]], [[http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/rw-FAQ.html#Languages-and-Internationalization|Internationalization]]
  * http://cairographics.org/tutorial/
  * http://www.gtk.org