ggplot embedded fonts in pdf

Question

I have been using the following guide to export plots made with ggplotto pdf: plot fonts guide

It raises the issue at the bottom of the post of some fon

Answer 1

Try adding device=cairo_pdf to the ggsave() call. This appears to solve the problem for me. This way, it's no longer necessary to use embed_fonts().

See mgaudet's comment here: https://github.com/wch/extrafont/issues/8