showtext
Using Fonts More Easily in R Graphs
v0.9-8
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Mar 20, 2026
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Apache License (>= 2.0)
Description
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.
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| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-patched-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-windows-x86_64 | OK |
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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 2, 2026
NOTE 11 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 25, 2026
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File ‘showtext/libs/showtext.so’: Found non-API call to R: ‘R_UnboundValue’ Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R. See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual, and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of non-API entry points.
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NOTE 13 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 28, 2026
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File ‘showtext/libs/showtext.so’: Found non-API call to R: ‘R_UnboundValue’ Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R. See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual, and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of non-API entry points.
ERROR 12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 16, 2026
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