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

You should import_titillium_web() first and also install the fonts on your system before trying to use this theme.

Usage

theme_anac(
  base_family = "Titillium Web",
  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$OS.type == "windows") "Titillium Web" else
    "Titillium Web Light",
  subtitle_size = 13,
  subtitle_face = "plain",
  subtitle_margin = 15,
  strip_text_family = base_family,
  strip_text_size = 12,
  strip_text_face = "plain",
  caption_family = if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") "Titillium Web" else
    "Titillium Web 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 = "#266FB6",
  grid = TRUE,
  axis_col = "#266FB6",
  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 tilte 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 justificationk one of [blmcrt]
plot_margin: plot margin (specify with ggplot2::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

Details

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.

Why Titillium Web?

It's free, has tolerable kerning pairs and multiple weights. It's actually the official font for italian governament agencies.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)

# 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
update_geom_font_defaults(family = font_rc_light)

count(mpg, class) %>%
  ggplot(aes(class, n)) +
  geom_col() +
  geom_text(aes(label = n), 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())
}