Nowcastr ggplot2 Theme

A clean, ggplot2 theme. Derived from ggplot2::theme_minimal(), with a few bold elements and softer colors, and bigger texts by default.

Usage

theme_nowcastr(
  base_size = 12,
  base_family = "sans",
  color_bg = "#fbfbfb",
  color_grid = "#EEEEEE",
  color_title1 = "#444444",
  color_title2 = "#555555",
  color_title3 = "#666666",
  color_title4 = "#777777"
)

Arguments

base_size

Base font size, in pts.

base_family

Base font family.

color_bg

Colour for plot.background.

color_grid

Colour for major grid lines.

color_title1

Darkest text colour (titles, axis texts).

color_title2

Secondary text colour (legend text, strips, axis titles).

color_title3

Tertiary text colour (legend titles).

color_title4

Lightest text colour (subtitles).

Value

A theme object applied to the current ggplot.

Examples

library(ggplot2)

ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
  geom_point() +
  theme_nowcastr() +
  labs(
    title = "Fuel efficiency vs. weight",
    subtitle = "Source: Motor Trend US magazine",
    caption = "Data: mtcars"
  )