theme_ipsum_rc: A precise & pristine ggplot2 theme with opinionated defaults...

In tinythemes: Lightweight Repackaging of 'Themes' for 'ggplot2'

A precise & pristine ggplot2 theme with opinionated defaults and an emphasis on typography

Description

You should consult the documentation of the hrbrthemes package if the font does not load properly. There is an option hrbrthemes.loadfonts which – if set to TRUE – will call extrafont::loadfonts() to register non-core fonts with R PDF & PostScript devices. If you are running under Windows, the package calls the same function to register non-core fonts with the Windows graphics device.

Usage

theme_ipsum_rc(
  base_family = "Roboto Condensed",
  base_size = 11.5,
  plot_title_family = base_family,
  plot_title_size = 18,
  plot_title_face = "bold",
  plot_title_margin = 10,
  subtitle_family = if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") "Roboto Condensed" else
    "Roboto Condensed Light",
  subtitle_size = 13,
  subtitle_face = "plain",
  subtitle_margin = 15,
  strip_text_family = base_family,
  strip_text_size = 12,
  strip_text_face = "plain",
  caption_family = if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") "Roboto Condensed" else
    "Roboto Condensed Light",
  caption_size = 9,
  caption_face = "plain",
  caption_margin = 10,
  axis_text_size = base_size,
  axis_title_family = base_family,
  axis_title_size = 9,
  axis_title_face = "plain",
  axis_title_just = "rt",
  plot_margin = margin(30, 30, 30, 30),
  panel_spacing = grid::unit(2, "lines"),
  grid_col = "#cccccc",
  grid = TRUE,
  axis_col = "#cccccc",
  axis = FALSE,
  ticks = FALSE
)

Arguments

base_family, base_size	base font family and size
plot_title_family, plot_title_face, plot_title_size, plot_title_margin	plot title family, face, size and margin
subtitle_family, subtitle_face, subtitle_size	plot subtitle family, face and size
subtitle_margin	plot subtitle margin bottom (single numeric value)
strip_text_family, strip_text_face, strip_text_size	facet label font family, face and size
caption_family, caption_face, caption_size, caption_margin	plot caption family, face, size and margin
axis_text_size	font size of axis text
axis_title_family, axis_title_face, axis_title_size	axis title font family, face and size
axis_title_just	axis title font justification one of ⁠[blmcrt]⁠
plot_margin	plot margin (specify with margin)
panel_spacing	panel spacing (use unit())
grid_col	grid color
grid	panel grid (TRUE, FALSE, or a combination of X, x, Y, y)
axis_col	axis color
axis	add x or y axes? TRUE, FALSE, "xy"
ticks	ticks if TRUE add ticks

Value

A ggplot2-compatible 'theme' data structure is returned for use in standard ggplot2 usage.

Why Roboto Condensed?

It is free, has tolerable kerning pairs and multiple weights. It is also different than Arial Narrow and the fonts most folks use in ggplot2 charts.

Examples

if (interactive()) {  # default postscript device used in tests does not have font
library(ggplot2)

# seminal scatterplot
ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(x="Fuel efficiency (mpg)", y="Weight (tons)",
       title="Seminal ggplot2 scatterplot example",
       subtitle="A plot that is only useful for demonstration purposes",
       caption="Brought to you by the letter 'g'") +
  theme_ipsum_rc()

# seminal bar chart

# note: make this font_rc on Windows
if (Sys.info()[["sysname"]] == "Windows")
  update_geom_font_defaults(family=font_rc_light)

ggplot(table(mpg$class), aes(x = Var1, y = Freq)) +
  geom_col() +
  geom_text(aes(label = Freq), nudge_y=3) +
  labs(x="Fuel efficiency (mpg)", y="Weight (tons)",
       title="Seminal ggplot2 bar chart example",
       subtitle="A plot that is only useful for demonstration purposes",
       caption="Brought to you by the letter 'g'") +
  theme_ipsum_rc(grid="Y") +
  theme(axis.text.y=element_blank())
}

tinythemes documentation built on April 3, 2025, 8:51 p.m.