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

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

theme_ipsum_ps(base_family = "IBMPlexSans", base_size = 11.5,
  plot_title_family = "IBMPlexSans-Bold", plot_title_size = 18,
  plot_title_face = "plain", plot_title_margin = 10,
  subtitle_family = if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") "IBMPlexSans"
  else "IBMPlexSans-Light", subtitle_size = 13,
  subtitle_face = "plain", subtitle_margin = 15,
  strip_text_family = "IBMPlexSans-Medium", strip_text_size = 12,
  strip_text_face = "plain", caption_family = if (.Platform$OS.type ==
  "windows") "IBMPlexSans" else "IBMPlexSans-Thin", caption_size = 9,
  caption_face = "plain", caption_margin = 10, axis_text_size = 9,
  axis_title_family = base_family, axis_title_size = 9,
  axis_title_face = "plain", axis_title_just = "rt",
  plot_margin = margin(30, 30, 30, 30), 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 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)
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 IBM Plex Sans?

It's free, has tolerable kerning pairs and multiple weights. It's also different "not Helvetica".

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)

# seminal scatterplot
ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(x="Fuel effiiency (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 effiiency (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())
# }