grid.glyph {grid}R Documentation

Draw Typeset Glyphs

Description

These functions create and draw a set of typeset glyphs.

Usage

grid.glyph(...)
glyphGrob(glyphInfo,
          x=.5, y=.5, default.units="npc",
          hjust="centre", vjust="centre",
          gp=gpar(), vp=NULL, name=NULL)

Arguments

glyphInfo

An "RGlyphInfo" object from a call to glyphInfo.

x

A numeric vector or unit object specifying x-location.

y

A numeric vector or unit object specifying y-location.

default.units

A string indicating the default units to use if x, y, width, or height are only given as numeric vectors.

hjust, vjust

The justification of the glyphs relative to the (x, y) location. Can be character (e.g., "left"), numeric (e.g., 0), or the result of a call to glyphJust.

name

A character identifier.

gp

An object of class "gpar", typically the output from a call to the function gpar. This is basically a list of graphical parameter settings.

vp

A Grid viewport object (or NULL).

...

Arguments passed to glyphGrob().

Details

Both functions create a glyph grob (a graphical object describing glyphs), but only grid.glyph draws the glyphs.

Value

A glyph grob.

Author(s)

Paul Murrell

See Also

Grid, glyphInfo


[Package grid version 4.4.1 Index]