R: Tufte Maximal Data, Minimal Ink Theme

theme_tufte {ggthemes} | R Documentation

## Tufte Maximal Data, Minimal Ink Theme

### Description

Theme based on Chapter 6 'Data-Ink Maximization and Graphical Design' of Edward Tufte *The Visual Display of Quantitative Information*. No border, no axis lines, no grids. This theme works best in combination with `geom_rug` or `geom_rangeframe`.

### Usage

    theme_tufte(base_size = 11, base_family = "serif", ticks = TRUE)

### Arguments

`base_size` | base font size
`base_family` | base font family
`ticks` | `logical` Show axis ticks?

### Note

The default font family is set to 'serif' as he uses serif fonts for labels in 'The Visual Display of Quantitative Information'. The serif font used by Tufte in his books is a variant of Bembo, while the sans serif font is Gill Sans. If these fonts are installed on your system, then you can use them with the package extrafont.

### References

Tufte, Edward R. (2001) The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Chapter 6.

### Examples

    library("ggplot2")
    # with ticks and range frames
    (ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg))
     + geom_point() + geom_rangeframe()
     + theme_tufte())
    # with geom_rug
    (ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg))
     + geom_point() + geom_rug()
     + theme_tufte(ticks=FALSE))
    ## Not run:
    ## Using the Bembo serif family
    library(extrafont)
    (ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg))
     + geom_point() + geom_rangeframe()
     + theme_tufte(base_family='BemboStd'))
    ## Using the Gill Sans sans serif family
    (ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg))
     + geom_point() + geom_rangeframe()
     + theme_tufte(base_family='GillSans'))

    ## End(Not run)

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