R/theme_optimum.R

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#' Produce an Optimum-standard base chart
#'
#' This theme no longer builds on the Stephen Few theme from ggthemes, but now produces a chart
#' without an enclosing box, to produce a good baseline for charting in R. 
#' Gets called as would any typical theme.
#'
#' @param base_size Anchor font size
#' @param base_family Font family to use
#' 
#' @keywords ggplot2 theme
#' @family visualisation
#' @export
#' 
#' @examples
#' library(ggplot2)
#' ggplot(data.frame(x=1:10,y=1:10),aes(x,y))+theme_optimum()+geom_line()
#' 

theme_optimum <- function(base_size=14, base_family=""){
  
  ## the scale of geom_tile is continuous
  if (packageVersion('ggplot2') <= '1.0.1') {
    modifyList(ggplot2::theme_minimal(base_size = base_size, base_family = base_family)
               , list(panel.border = element_rect(fill = NA, colour = "grey50")
                      , legend.position = "bottom"
                      , axis.ticks = element_line(colour = "grey90")
                      , panel.grid.major.x = element_blank()
                      , panel.grid.minor.x = element_blank()
                      , text = element_text(family = base_family, face = "plain"
                                            , colour = "grey30", size = base_size
                                            , hjust = 0.5, vjust = 0.5
                                            , angle = 0, lineheight = 1)))
  } else {
    theme_minimal() +
      theme(panel.border = element_rect(fill = NA, colour = "grey50"), 
            legend.position = "bottom", 
            axis.ticks = element_line(colour = "grey90"), 
            panel.grid.major.x = element_blank(), 
            panel.grid.minor.x = element_blank(), 
            text = element_text(face = "plain", colour = "grey30", 
                                hjust = 0.5, vjust = 0.5, angle = 0, 
                                lineheight = 1)
      )
  }
  

}