Using theme_gg_smc

This function is meant to be used with ggplot2 charts to quickly format them according to the San Mateo County Office of Epidemiology and Evaluation's style guide.

Usage

theme_gg_smc(plot,
  plot_lines = "horizontal",
  legend_loc = "top",
  title_font_size = 18,
  subtitle_font_size = 12,
  caption_font_size = 8,
  axis_font_size = 10)

Arguments

plot

This should be a ggplot2 object

plot_lines

Specify which lines should appear on your chart. The default is horizontal lines, but you can also choose:

• "horizontal" (the default): only horizontal lines

• "vertical": only vertical lines

• "both": horizontal and vertical lines

• "none": no lines on the plot

legend_loc

Specify the legend location. The default is for the legend to appear at the top, but you can override this. The available options are: “left”,“top”, “right”, “bottom” and "none"

title_font_size

A numeric value to specify the font size of the title. The default is 18, the minimum is 6 and the maximum is 60.

subtitle_font_size

A numeric value to specify the font size of the subtitle. The default is 12, the minimum is 6 and the maximum is 60.

caption_font_size

A numeric value to specify the font size of the caption. The default is 8, the minimum is 6 and the maximum is 60.

axis_font_size

A numeric value to specify the font size of the axis labels. The default is 10, the minimum is 6 and the maximum is 60.

Value

a ggplot2 object with custom formatting

Details

Examples

# creating a jitter plot with `theme_gg_smc`
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
library(ggplot2)

iris %>%
  ggplot(aes(x = Species, y = Sepal.Length)) +
  geom_point(position = position_jitter(w = 1/6, h = 0),
             size = 4,
             color = "#006cb6",
             alpha = 2/3) +
  scale_y_continuous(limits = c(4, 8),
                     breaks = seq(4, 8, 2)) +
  labs(title = "Iris Jitter Plot") +
  theme_gg_smc()
} # }