ggthemes (version 3.0.0)

theme_economist: ggplot color theme based on the Economist

Description

Style plots similar to those in The Economist.

Usage

theme_economist(base_size = 10, base_family = "sans", horizontal = TRUE,
  dkpanel = FALSE, stata = FALSE)
theme_economist_white(base_size = 11, base_family = "sans",
  gray_bg = TRUE, horizontal = TRUE)

Arguments

base_size

base font size

base_family

base font family

horizontal

logical. Horizontal axis lines?

dkpanel

logical Darker background for panel region?

stata

logical Use RGB values from Stata's economist scheme.

gray_bg

logical If TRUE, use gray background, else use white background.

Value

• An object of class theme.

Details

theme_economist implements the standard bluish-gray background theme in the print The Economist and http://economist.com{economist.com}. theme_economist_white implements a variant with a while panel and light gray (or white) background used by The Economist blog http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail{Graphic Detail}.

The Economist uses "ITC Officina Sans" as its font for graphs. If you have access to this font, you can use it with the extrafont package. "Verdana" is a good substitute.

References

• http://economist.com{The Economist}
• http://spiekermann.com/en/itc-officina-display/{Spiekerblog, "ITC Officina Display", January 1, 2007.}
• http://www.economist.com/help/about-us

See Also

theEconomist.theme for an Economist theme for lattice plots.

Examples

library("ggplot2")
p <- ggplot(mtcars) + geom_point(aes(x = wt, y = mpg,
     colour=factor(gear))) +
     facet_wrap(~am) +
     ggtitle("Diamonds Are Forever")

## Standard
p + theme_economist() + scale_colour_economist()

## Stata colors
p + theme_economist(stata=TRUE) + scale_colour_economist(stata=TRUE)

## Darker plot region
p + theme_economist(dkpanel=TRUE) + scale_colour_economist(stata=TRUE)

# Change axis lines to vertical
p + theme_economist(horizontal=FALSE) +
    scale_colour_economist() +
    coord_flip()

## White panel/light gray background
p + theme_economist_white() +
    scale_colour_economist()

## All white variant
p + theme_economist_white(gray_bg=FALSE) +
    scale_colour_economist()
## The Economist uses ITC Officina Sans
library(extrafont)
p + theme_economist(base_family="ITC Officina Sans") +
    scale_colour_economist()

## Verdana is a widely available substitute
p + theme_economist(base_family="Verdana") +
    scale_colour_economist()