This is a more general R question, not specifically BioC, but I imagine is something that the "bio" people here must have encountered at some point. I would like to include the symbols for male and female in a legend for a plot. How do I obtain that? Is there a function that will show me all the characters available in the font that R is using? I have been looking in the manual etc but I haven't found what I'm looking for. Anyone? Thanks! Jose -- Dr. Jose I. de las Heras Email: J.delasHeras at ed.ac.uk The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology Phone: +44 (0)131 6513374 Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology Fax: +44 (0)131 6507360 Swann Building, Mayfield Road University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH9 3JR UK