Wall Street Journal theme

Theme based on the plots in The Wall Street Journal.

Usage

theme_wsj(
  base_size = 12,
  color = "brown",
  base_family = "sans",
  title_family = "mono"
)

Arguments

base_size

base font size, given in pts.

color

A string, the background color of the plot. One of "gray", "green", "blue", "brown".

base_family

base font family

title_family

A string, the font family of the plot title.

Value

A ggplot2 theme object (class theme).

Details

This theme should be used with scale_color_wsj().

Palettes

The theme sets wsj_pal() for discrete color and fill scales as the default palettes, so a plot draws in the theme's colors without a matching scale. A scale_*() added to the plot still takes precedence.

References

https://x.com/WSJGraphics

https://pinterest.com/wsjgraphics/wsj-graphics/

Examples

library(ggplot2)

p <- ggplot(mtcars) +
  geom_point(aes(x = wt, y = mpg, colour = factor(gear))) +
  facet_wrap(~am) +
  ggtitle("Diamond Prices")
p + scale_colour_wsj("colors6", "") + theme_wsj()

# Use a gray background instead
p + scale_colour_wsj("colors6", "") + theme_wsj(color = "gray")