sbarman-mi9 / ggtech

ggplot2 tech themes, scales, and geoms

ggplot2 tech themes, scales, and geoms

Install ggtech:

devtools::install_github("ricardo-bion/ggtech", 
                          dependencies=TRUE)

Use ggtech:

Make sure to install the required fonts (instructions at the end of this file).

library(ggtech)

d <- qplot(carat, data = diamonds[diamonds$color %in%LETTERS[4:7], ], geom = "histogram", bins=30, fill = color)

Tech themes and scales:

d + theme_tech(theme="airbnb") + 
  scale_fill_tech(theme="airbnb") + 
  labs(title="Airbnb theme", 
       subtitle="now with subtitles for ggplot2 >= 2.1.0")

d + theme_airbnb_fancy() + 
  scale_fill_tech(theme="airbnb")  + 
  labs(title="Airbnb theme", 
       subtitle="now with subtitles for ggplot2 >= 2.1.0")

d + theme_tech(theme="etsy") + 
  scale_fill_tech(theme="etsy") + 
  labs(title="Etsy theme", 
       subtitle="now with subtitles for ggplot2 >= 2.1.0")

d + theme_tech(theme="facebook") +
  scale_fill_tech(theme="facebook") + 
  labs(title="Facebook theme", 
       subtitle="now with subtitles for ggplot2 >= 2.1.0")

d + theme_tech(theme="google") + 
  scale_fill_tech(theme="google") + 
  labs(title="Google theme", 
       subtitle="now with subtitles for ggplot2 >= 2.1.0")

d + theme_tech(theme="twitter") + 
  scale_fill_tech(theme="twitter") + 
  labs(title="Twitter theme", 
       subtitle="now with subtitles for ggplot2 >= 2.1.0")

Tech geoms, inspired by emoGG.

d2 <- data.frame(x = c(1:4, 3:1), y=1:7)

ggplot(aes(x,y), data=d2) + 
  geom_tech(size=0.25, theme="airbnb") + 
  theme_tech("airbnb") +
  ggtitle("Airbnb geom")

ggplot(aes(x,y), data=d2) + 
  geom_tech(size=0.15, theme="etsy") + 
  theme_tech("etsy")+
  ggtitle("Etsy geom")

ggplot(aes(x,y), data=d2) + 
  geom_tech(size=0.15, theme="facebook") + 
  theme_tech("facebook")+
  ggtitle("Facebook geom")

ggplot(aes(x,y), data=d2) + 
  geom_tech(size=0.25, theme="google") + 
  theme_tech("google" ) +
  ggtitle("Google geom")

ggplot(aes(x,y), data=d2) + 
  geom_tech(size=0.15, theme="twitter") + 
  theme_tech("twitter") +
  ggtitle("Twitter geom")

Install fonts:

You have to install the necessary fonts manually before using ggtech. Mofidy the destfile if you are using Windows or Unix.

library(extrafont)

## Facebook 
download.file("http://social-fonts.com/assets/fonts/facebook-letter-faces/facebook-letter-faces.ttf", "/Library/Fonts/facebook-letter-faces.ttf", method="curl")

font_import(pattern = 'facebook-letter-faces.ttf', prompt=FALSE)


## Google 
download.file("http://social-fonts.com/assets/fonts/product-sans/product-sans.ttf", "/Library/Fonts/product-sans.ttf", method="curl")

font_import(pattern = 'product-sans.ttf', prompt=FALSE)


## Airbnb 
download.file("https://github.com/ricardo-bion/ggtech/blob/master/Circular%20Air-Medium%203.46.45%20PM.ttf", "/Library/Fonts/Circular Air-Medium 3.46.45 PM.ttf", method="curl")

download.file("https://github.com/ricardo-bion/ggtech/blob/master/Circular%20Air-Bold%203.46.45%20PM.ttf", "/Library/Fonts/Circular Air-Bold 3.46.45 PM.ttf", method="curl")

font_import(pattern = 'Circular', prompt=FALSE)


## Etsy 
download.file("https://www.etsy.com/assets/type/Guardian-EgypTT-Text-Regular.ttf", "/Library/Fonts/Guardian-EgypTT-Text-Regular.ttf", method="curl")

font_import(pattern = 'Guardian-EgypTT-Text-Regular.ttf', prompt=FALSE)


## Twitter 
download.file("http://social-fonts.com/assets/fonts/pico-black/pico-black.ttf", "/Library/Fonts/pico-black.ttf", method="curl")

download.file("http://social-fonts.com/assets/fonts/arista-light/arista-light.ttf", "/Library/Fonts/arista-light.ttf", method="curl")

font_import(pattern = 'pico-black.ttf', prompt=FALSE)
font_import(pattern = 'arista-light.ttf', prompt=FALSE)