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Arabic text in R graphics

I'm having a problem with plotting Arabic text, it looks good on the console, but it doesn't show up quite right. (flipped & separate letters)

Code:

x<-"السلام عليكم"
> x
[1] "السلام عليكم"
> plot(1:10,main=x)

gives

enter image description here

Some relevant session info:

R version 3.1.2 (2014-10-31)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)

locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

I've tried, so many suggested solutions but they all just don't work.

Solution

  • Apparently you are not the first to encounter the issue.
    If you have access to a linux system this issue won't happen.
    It is probably an issue with right to left support in R and R Studio for Mac OS.