load_fonts: Load the font files needed for the theme

In houseofcommonslibrary/clcharts: Themes, Colors and Tools for Making Charts in the House of Commons Library style

Load the font files needed for the theme

Description

This function is used to load the font files needed for the theme. It is called automatically when the package loads. By default it looks for the required files in a standard location: a folder in the user's home directory called .clcharts.

Usage

load_fonts(
  national_semibold = getOption("clcharts.national_semibold"),
  national_book = getOption("clcharts.national_book"),
  open_sans_regular = getOption("clcharts.open_sans_regular"),
  open_sans_bold = getOption("clcharts.open_sans_bold")
)

Arguments

national_semibold	Path to the font file for National-Semibold
national_book	Path to the font file for National-Book
open_sans_regular	Path to the font file for OpenSans-Regular
open_sans_bold	Path to the font file for OpenSans-Regular

Details

This function is needed because there are too many inconsistencies in the way R handles fonts on different operating systems. Rather than trying to find and load the correct system fonts in all circustances, a font bundle is available to package users which contains the licensed fonts.

houseofcommonslibrary/clcharts documentation built on June 10, 2025, 9:16 p.m.