# The R Graphics Devices and Support for Colours and Fonts

## Documentation for package ‘grDevices’ version 2.15.1

- DESCRIPTION file.

## Help Pages

A B C D E F G H I J M N O P Q R S T U W X misc

grDevices-package | The R Graphics Devices and Support for Colours and Fonts

## -- A --

adjustcolor | Adjust Colors in One or More Directions Conveniently.
as.graphicsAnnot | Coerce an Object for Graphics Annotation
as.raster | Create a Raster Object
as.raster.array | Create a Raster Object
as.raster.character | Create a Raster Object
as.raster.logical | Create a Raster Object
as.raster.matrix | Create a Raster Object
as.raster.numeric | Create a Raster Object
atop | Mathematical Annotation in R
axisTicks | Compute Pretty Axis Tick Scales

## -- B --

bar | Mathematical Annotation in R
bgroup | Mathematical Annotation in R
bitmap | Graphics Device for Bitmap Files via Ghostscript
blues9 | Colors for Smooth Density Plots
bmp | BMP, JPEG, PNG and TIFF graphics devices
bold | Mathematical Annotation in R
bolditalic | Mathematical Annotation in R
boxplot.stats | Box Plot Statistics

## -- C --

cairo_pdf | Cairo-based SVG, PDF and PostScript Graphics Devices
cairo_ps | Cairo-based SVG, PDF and PostScript Graphics Devices
check.options | Set Options with Consistency Checks
chull | Compute Convex Hull of a Set of Points
CIDFont | Type 1 and CID Fonts
cm | Unit Transformation
cm.colors | Color Palettes
col2rgb | Color to RGB Conversion
colorConverter | Create colour spaces
colorRamp | Color interpolation
colorRampPalette | Color interpolation
colors | Color Names
colorspaces | Convert between Colour Spaces
colours | Color Names
contourLines | Calculate Contour Lines
convertColor | Convert between Colour Spaces

## -- D --

densCols | Colors for Smooth Density Plots
dev.capabilities | Query Capabilities of the Current Graphics Device
dev.capture | Capture device output as a raster image
dev.control | Copy Graphics Between Multiple Devices
dev.copy | Copy Graphics Between Multiple Devices
dev.copy2eps | Copy Graphics Between Multiple Devices
dev.copy2pdf | Copy Graphics Between Multiple Devices
dev.cur | Control Multiple Devices
dev.flush | Hold or Flush Output on an On-Screen Graphics Device.
dev.hold | Hold or Flush Output on an On-Screen Graphics Device.
dev.interactive | Is the Current Graphics Device Interactive?
dev.list | Control Multiple Devices
dev.new | Control Multiple Devices
dev.next | Control Multiple Devices
dev.off | Control Multiple Devices
dev.prev | Control Multiple Devices
dev.print | Copy Graphics Between Multiple Devices
dev.set | Control Multiple Devices
dev.size | Find Size of Device Surface
dev2bitmap | Graphics Device for Bitmap Files via Ghostscript
devAskNewPage | Prompt before New Page
device | List of Graphical Devices
deviceIsInteractive | Is the Current Graphics Device Interactive?
Devices | List of Graphical Devices
displaystyle | Mathematical Annotation in R
dot | Mathematical Annotation in R

## -- E --

embedFonts | Embed Fonts in PostScript and PDF
extendrange | Extend a Numerical Range by a Small Percentage

## -- F --

frac | Mathematical Annotation in R

## -- G --

getGraphicsEvent | Wait for a mouse or keyboard event from a graphics window
getGraphicsEventEnv | Wait for a mouse or keyboard event from a graphics window
graphics.off | Control Multiple Devices
gray | Gray Level Specification
gray.colors | Gray Color Palette
grDevices | The R Graphics Devices and Support for Colours and Fonts
grey | Gray Level Specification
grey.colors | Gray Color Palette
group | Mathematical Annotation in R

## -- H --

hat | Mathematical Annotation in R
hcl | HCL Color Specification
heat.colors | Color Palettes
Hershey | Hershey Vector Fonts in R
hsv | HSV Color Specification

## -- I --

inf | Mathematical Annotation in R
integral | Mathematical Annotation in R
is.raster | Create a Raster Object
italic | Mathematical Annotation in R

## -- J --

Japanese | Japanese characters in R
jpeg | BMP, JPEG, PNG and TIFF graphics devices

## -- M --

make.rgb | Create colour spaces

## -- N --

n2mfrow | Compute Default mfrow From Number of Plots
nclass.FD | Compute the Number of Classes for a Histogram
nclass.scott | Compute the Number of Classes for a Histogram
nclass.Sturges | Compute the Number of Classes for a Histogram

## -- O --

over | Mathematical Annotation in R

## -- P --

palette | Set or View the Graphics Palette
pdf | PDF Graphics Device
pdf.options | Auxiliary Function to Set/View Defaults for Arguments of pdf
pdfFonts | PostScript and PDF Font Families
phantom | Mathematical Annotation in R
pictex | A PicTeX Graphics Driver
plain | Mathematical Annotation in R
plotmath | Mathematical Annotation in R
png | BMP, JPEG, PNG and TIFF graphics devices
postscript | PostScript Graphics
postscriptFonts | PostScript and PDF Font Families
pretty.Date | Pretty Breakpoints for Date-Time Classes
pretty.POSIXt | Pretty Breakpoints for Date-Time Classes
print.recordedplot | Record and Replay Plots
ps.options | Auxiliary Function to Set/View Defaults for Arguments of postscript

## -- Q --

quartz | MacOS X Quartz Device
quartz.options | MacOS X Quartz Device
quartzFont | quartz Fonts
quartzFonts | quartz Fonts

## -- R --

rainbow | Color Palettes
recordGraphics | Record Graphics Operations
recordPlot | Record and Replay Plots
replayPlot | Record and Replay Plots
rgb | RGB Color Specification
rgb2hsv | RGB to HSV Conversion
ring | Mathematical Annotation in R

## -- S --

savePlot | Save Cairo X11 Plot to File
scriptscriptstyle | Mathematical Annotation in R
scriptstyle | Mathematical Annotation in R
setEPS | Auxiliary Function to Set/View Defaults for Arguments of postscript
setGraphicsEventEnv | Wait for a mouse or keyboard event from a graphics window
setGraphicsEventHandlers | Wait for a mouse or keyboard event from a graphics window
setPS | Auxiliary Function to Set/View Defaults for Arguments of postscript
sup | Mathematical Annotation in R
svg | Cairo-based SVG, PDF and PostScript Graphics Devices
symbol | Mathematical Annotation in R

## -- T --

terrain.colors | Color Palettes
textstyle | Mathematical Annotation in R
tiff | BMP, JPEG, PNG and TIFF graphics devices
topo.colors | Color Palettes
trans3d | 3D to 2D Transformation for Perspective Plots
Type1Font | Type 1 and CID Fonts

## -- U --

underline | Mathematical Annotation in R

## -- W --

widehat | Mathematical Annotation in R
widetilde | Mathematical Annotation in R

## -- X --

X11 | X Window System Graphics
x11 | X Window System Graphics
X11.options | X Window System Graphics
X11Font | X11 Fonts
X11Fonts | X11 Fonts
xfig | XFig Graphics Device
xy.coords | Extracting Plotting Structures
xyTable | Multiplicities of (x,y) Points, e.g., for a Sunflower Plot
xyz.coords | Extracting Plotting Structures

## -- misc --

.axisPars | Compute Pretty Axis Tick Scales
.ps.prolog | PostScript Graphics