few_shape_pal: Shape palette from "Show Me the Numbers" (discrete)
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few_shape_pal R Documentation
Shape palette from "Show Me the Numbers" (discrete)
Description
Shape palette from Stephen Few's, "Show Me the Numbers".
The shape palette consists of five shapes: circle, square, triangle, plus,
times.
Usage
few_shape_pal()
Value
A palette function. It takes the number of shapes n and returns an integer vector of n
shape (pch) codes, and can be used as the palette argument of
discrete_scale().
References
Few, S. (2012)
Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten,
Analytics Press, p. 208.
Examples
few_shape_pal()(5)
show_shapes(few_shape_pal()(5))
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Shape palette from "Show Me the Numbers" (discrete)
Description
Shape palette from Stephen Few's, "Show Me the Numbers". The shape palette consists of five shapes: circle, square, triangle, plus, times.
Usage
few_shape_pal()
Value
A palette function. It takes the number of shapes n and returns an integer vector of n
shape (pch) codes, and can be used as the palette argument of
discrete_scale().
References
Few, S. (2012) Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten, Analytics Press, p. 208.
Examples
few_shape_pal()(5)
show_shapes(few_shape_pal()(5))
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