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https://github.com/UrbanInstitute/urbnthemes

Urban Institute's ggplot2 theme and tools
https://github.com/UrbanInstitute/urbnthemes

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Urban Institute's ggplot2 theme and tools

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# urbnthemes

```{r, echo = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
comment = "#>",
fig.path = "man/figures/README-"
)
knitr::opts_chunk$set(warning = FALSE)
```

## Overview

`urbnthemes` is a set of tools for creating Urban Institute-themed plots and maps in R. The package extends `ggplot2` with print and map themes as well as tools that make plotting easier at the Urban Institute.

A comprehensive set of examples is available at the [Urban Institute R Users Group website](https://UrbanInstitute.github.io/r-at-urban/graphics-guide.html).

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## Installation

```
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("UrbanInstitute/urbnthemes", build_vignettes = TRUE)
```

## Fonts

The Urban Institute uses [Lato](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lato) font for publications. After installing `urbnthemes`, submit `urbnthemes::lato_test()` to see if Lato is imported and registered.

If Lato isn't imported and registered, install [Lato](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lato) and then submit `urbnthemes::lato_import()`. If you are on a Windows, you may need to install [ghostscript](https://www.ghostscript.com/download.html) and then submit `Sys.setenv(R_GSCMD = "link to the ghostscript .exe")` before running `urbnthemes::lato_import()`.

Waffle charts with glyphs require fontawesome. `fontawesome_test()` and `fontawesome_install()` are the fontawesome versions of the above functions. Be sure to install fontawesome from [here](https://github.com/hrbrmstr/waffle/tree/master/inst/fonts).

## Usage

Always load `library(urbnthemes)` after `library(ggplot2)` or `library(tidyverse)`.

```{r basic-example, message=FALSE}
library(tidyverse)
library(urbnthemes)

set_urbn_defaults(style = "print")

ggplot(data = mtcars, mapping = aes(factor(cyl))) +
geom_bar() +
scale_y_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = c(0, 0.1))) +
labs(x = "Number of Cylinders",
y = "Count") +
remove_ticks() +
labs(title = "Most Cars Have 8 Cylinders",
subtitle = "1974 Motor Trend US magazine")
```

```{r scatter-plot-1}
ggplot(data = mtcars, mapping = aes(x = wt, y = mpg)) +
geom_point() +
scale_x_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = c(0.002, 0)),
limits = c(0, 6),
breaks = 0:6) +
scale_y_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = c(0, 0.002)),
limits = c(0, 40),
breaks = 0:8 * 5) +
labs(x = "Weight (thousands of pounds)",
y = "City MPG") +
scatter_grid()
```

```{r scatter-plot-2}
mtcars %>%
mutate(cyl = paste(cyl, "cylinders")) %>%
ggplot(aes(x = wt, y = mpg, color = cyl)) +
geom_point() +
scale_x_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = c(0.002, 0)),
limits = c(0, 6),
breaks = 0:6) +
scale_y_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = c(0, 0.002)),
limits = c(0, 40),
breaks = 0:8 * 5) +
labs(x = "Weight (thousands of pounds)",
y = "City MPG") +
scatter_grid()
```

```{r line-plot}
library(gapminder)

gapminder %>%
filter(country %in% c("Australia", "Canada", "New Zealand")) %>%
mutate(country = factor(country, levels = c("Canada", "Australia", "New Zealand"))) %>%
ggplot(aes(year, gdpPercap, color = country)) +
geom_line() +
scale_x_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = c(0.002, 0)),
breaks = c(1952 + 0:12 * 5),
limits = c(1952, 2007)) +
scale_y_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = c(0, 0.002)),
breaks = 0:8 * 5000,
labels = scales::dollar,
limits = c(0, 40000)) +
labs(x = "Year",
y = "Per capita GDP (US dollars)")
```

```{r area-plot}

txhousing %>%
filter(city %in% c("Austin","Houston","Dallas","San Antonio","Fort Worth")) %>%
group_by(city, year) %>%
summarize(sales = sum(sales)) %>%
ggplot(aes(x = year, y = sales, fill = city)) +
geom_area(position = "stack") +
scale_x_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = c(0, 0)),
limits = c(2000, 2015),
breaks = 2000 + 0:15) +
scale_y_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = c(0, 0.2)),
labels = scales::comma) +
labs(x = "Year",
y = "Home sales")
```

## Branding

```{r branding}
library(ggplot2)
library(urbnthemes)

set_urbn_defaults()

plot <- ggplot(data = mtcars, mapping = aes(factor(cyl))) +
geom_bar() +
scale_y_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = c(0, 0.1))) +
labs(x = "Number of Cylinders",
y = "Count") +
remove_ticks()

urbn_plot(plot, urbn_logo_text(), ncol = 1, heights = c(30, 1))

```

## Notes and Sources

```{r notes-and-sources}
library(ggplot2)
library(urbnthemes)

set_urbn_defaults()

plot <- ggplot(data = mtcars, mapping = aes(factor(cyl))) +
geom_bar() +
scale_y_continuous(expand = expansion(mult = c(0, 0.1))) +
labs(x = "Number of Cylinders",
y = NULL) +
remove_ticks()

urbn_plot(
urbn_y_title(string = "Count"),
plot,
urbn_logo_text(),
urbn_source(text = "This is a long source. This is a long source. This is a long source. This is a long source. This is a long source. This is a long source. This is a long source. ",
width = 155),
urbn_note(text = "This is a long note. This is a long note. This is a long note. This is a long note. This is a long note. This is a long note. This is a long note. This is a long note.",
width = 155,
plural = TRUE),
ncol = 1,
heights = c(1, 30, 1.5, 2.5, 2.5)
)

```

Core themes:

* `set_urbn_defaults()`
* `theme_urbn_print()`
* `theme_urbn_map()`

Formatting functions:

* `urbn_plot()`
* `urbn_title()`
* `urbn_subtitle()`
* `urbn_y_title()`
* `urbn_note()`
* `urbn_source()`
* `urbn_logo_text()`
* `scatter_grid()`
* `remove_ticks()`
* `add_axis()`
* `remove_axis()`
* `get_legend()`
* `remove_legend()`
* `urbn_geofacet`

Palette functions:

* `palette_urbn_main`
* `palette_urbn_diverging`
* `palette_urbn_quintile`
* `palette_urbn_politics`
* `palette_urbn_cyan`
* `palette_urbn_gray`
* `palette_urbn_yellow`
* `palette_urbn_magenta`
* `palette_urbn_green`
* `palette_urbn_spacegray`
* `palette_urbn_red`

Utility functions:

* `lato_test()`
* `lato_install()`
* `fontawesome_test()`
* `fontawesome_install()`
* `view_palette()`

In development:

* `undo_urbn_defaults()`
* `save_urbn_print()`

## Getting help

Contact [Aaron R. Williams]([email protected]) or [Kyle Ueyama]([email protected]) with feedback or questions.

## Code of conduct

Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.