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

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

theme_ft_rc(base_family = "Roboto Condensed", 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$OS.type == "windows")
  "Roboto Condensed" else "Roboto Condensed Light", subtitle_size = 13,
  subtitle_face = "plain", subtitle_margin = 15,
  strip_text_family = base_family, strip_text_size = 12,
  strip_text_face = "plain", caption_family = if (.Platform$OS.type ==
  "windows") "Roboto Condensed" else "Roboto Condensed 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),
  grid = TRUE, axis = FALSE, ticks = FALSE)

theme_modern_rc(base_family = "Roboto Condensed", 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$OS.type == "windows")
  "Roboto Condensed" else "Roboto Condensed Light", subtitle_size = 13,
  subtitle_face = "plain", subtitle_margin = 15,
  strip_text_family = base_family, strip_text_size = 12,
  strip_text_face = "plain", caption_family = if (.Platform$OS.type ==
  "windows") "Roboto Condensed" else "Roboto Condensed 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),
  grid = TRUE, axis = FALSE, ticks = FALSE)

theme_ipsum_rc(base_family = "Roboto Condensed", 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$OS.type == "windows")
  "Roboto Condensed" else "Roboto Condensed Light", subtitle_size = 13,
  subtitle_face = "plain", subtitle_margin = 15,
  strip_text_family = base_family, strip_text_size = 12,
  strip_text_face = "plain", caption_family = if (.Platform$OS.type ==
  "windows") "Roboto Condensed" else "Roboto Condensed 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),
  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	panel grid (TRUE, FALSE, or a combination of X, x, Y, y)
axis	add x or y axes? TRUE, FALSE, "xy"
ticks	ticks if TRUE add ticks
grid_col	grid color
axis_col	axis color

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 Roboto Condensed?

It's free, has tolerable kerning pairs and multiple weights. It's also different than Arial Narrow and the fonts most folks use in ggplot2 charts.

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())
# }