theme_gov: 'theme_gov' A government theme for 'ggplot2'

In DFE-Capital/Blockbuster-2: Deterioration Model of the School Estate

Description

theme_gov Provides a theme for ggplot2 to produce government style visualisations in ggplot2. Incorporated into blockbuster package from https://github.com/ukgovdatascience/govstyle.

Usage

theme_gov(base_size = 12, base_colour = "gray40", axes = "x")

Arguments

base_size	Integer. Sets the base size of text for the plot. Defaults to 12.
base_colour	Character string. Sets the default colour of axes and axis labels. Must be a named R colour or hexadecimal colour code (e.g. "#FF0000"). Defaults to gray40.
axes	Character string. Specifies the presence or absence of axes Must be one of n (no axes), x (only x axis), y (only y axis), or xy (both axes shown).

Details

Builds on the 'grammar of graphics' framework implement in ggplot2. Applying theme_gov() will adjust graphical parameters to give a plot a feel more in line with gov.uk.

Value

Will not return anything of itself, but when used in conjuntion with ggplot2 and (e.g.) geom_point from the package ggplot2, will apply styling to a plot.

Examples

library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)

p <- mtcars %>%
   ggplot +
   aes(
   x = mpg,
   y = wt
   ) +
   geom_point()

# Plot without any theme applied

p

# Now apply gov theme

p +
 theme_gov()

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