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Why does my function for customizing boxplot not work?

I'm trying to customize a boxplot for publishing by increasing the font size of the x labels. I'm following instructions given here: http://www.statmethods.net/advgraphs/parameters.html

I tried to predefine parameters using this function:

par(font.xlab=2)

or

par(font.lab=2)

but neither worked.

I then tried to write them directly into a high level plotting function

boxplotDL<-boxplot(dlswlbri~kateg, data=data, col='lightgray', medcol='transparent', whisklty = 1, boxlwd=2, whisklwd=2, staplelwd=2, font.lab=2,outline=FALSE)

All other customizing commands worked (col, medcol,whisklty, etc.) except for font.lab.

What am i missing here?

Thanks

Solution

  • Have you tried playing around with these sizes?

    par(cex.axis=2)
par(cex.lab=2)