Package: showtext 0.9-8

Yixuan Qiu

showtext: Using Fonts More Easily in R Graphs

Making it easy to use various types of fonts ('TrueType', 'OpenType', Type 1, web fonts, etc.) in R graphs, and supporting most output formats of R graphics including PNG, PDF and SVG. Text glyphs will be converted into polygons or raster images, hence after the plot has been created, it no longer relies on the font files. No external software such as 'Ghostscript' is needed to use this package.

Authors:Yixuan Qiu [aut, cre], Dave Raggett [ctb]

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showtext_0.9-8.tgz(r-4.6-emscripten)
manual.pdf |manual.html
card.svg |card.png
showtext/json (API)
NEWS

# Install 'showtext' in R:
install.packages('showtext', repos = c('https://cran.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/yixuan/showtext/issues

Uses libs:
  • freetype– FreeType 2 font engine

On CRAN:

Conda:

freetype

10.06 score 59 packages 18k scripts 70k downloads 8 exports 2 dependencies

Last updated from:887cc2e654. Checks:4 NOTE, 2 OK. Indexed: no.

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linux-devel-x86_64NOTE125
source / vignettesOK207
linux-release-arm64NOTE108
linux-release-x86_64NOTE110
wasm-releaseOK108

Exports:showtext_autoshowtext_beginshowtext_endshowtext_optsshowtext.autoshowtext.beginshowtext.endshowtext.opts

Dependencies:showtextdbsysfonts

showtext: Using Fonts More Easily in R Graphs

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Last update: 2026-03-21
Started: 2016-10-14