How do you make just the x-lab label italics and NOT the y-lab label as well? The only command I can find (font.lab=3) makes both the x-lab and y-lab labels italics. I am creating barplots in R that have specific names on the x and y axis.
barplot(y, main="Main Title",
names=c("a", "b", "c"),
xlab="Text that I would like to be in italics",
ylab="Text that I do NOT want to be in italics",
font.lab=3)