Advanced text formatting in ggplot2, enables the rendering of complex formatted plot labels.
The ggtext package enables using (a limited subset of) Markdown and HTML syntax in ggplot2 plot labels.
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photo alignment with graph in r
First I thought I need to it manually in powerpoint, then I thought may be try with R, if there is a solution. Here is my example data:
set.seed(123)
myd<- expand.grid('cat' = LETTERS[1:5], 'cond'= c(F,T), 'phase' = c("Interphase", "Prophase",…
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Justify multiline text in ggplot2 - title, subtitle, caption, geom_text() etc
I would like to justify (not just align!) multiline text in my ggplots, i.e. mostly title, subtitle, caption and annotations via geom_text() etc.
Justified Text
To be clear, by "justified text" I mean adding space between words so that both edges of…
Paul Schmidt
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How to italicize one category in a legend in ggplot2
For my legend in ggplot2 I have 2 categories, how do I italicize only 1 category and not the other?
As an example, consider the following plot. How can I set "Manual" in italics?
library(ggplot2)
ggplot(data = mtcars, aes(x = as.factor(am), fill =…
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conditionally fill ggtext text boxes in facet_wrap
Is it possible to conditionally fill these [ggtext][1] text boxes? Let's say color "red" if "pickup".
library(cowplot)
library(tidyverse)
library(ggtext)
ggplot(mpg, aes(cty, hwy)) +
geom_point() +
facet_wrap(~class) +
theme_half_open(12)…
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Best way to add a text-only section in a {patchwork} of multiple ggplots?
When using {patchwork} to combine separate ggplots into the same graphic, I sometimes want to add one or more sections that are no plots at all, but basically a textbox.
As far as I can tell, the only time this is adressed in the patchwork…
Paul Schmidt
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Is it possible to change the alignment of only 1 facet title
Say I have a facetted ggplot like this:
data(iris)
ggplot(iris, aes(x = Petal.Width, y = Sepal.Length)) +
facet_grid(. ~ Species) +
geom_point()
Question:
Is it possible to align only the 1st facet label ("setosa") to the left, but keep the…
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Text formatting in ggplot's annotate
Is it possible to annotate with html code? I'm trying to color only a few words and not the entire text.
library(tidyverse)
#> Warning: package 'ggplot2' was built under R version 4.0.2
mtcars %>%
ggplot(aes(x = hp, y = mpg)) +
geom_point() +
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Alberson Miranda
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Render unicode emoji in colour in ggplot2 geom_text
I have unicode text that includes emoji. I'd like to render them in a ggplot2 graphic with geom_text or geom_label in a way that includes the emoji's colour. I've looked at emojifont, emo and ggtext and none of these seem to allow this. The issue of…
Peter Ellis
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Colour in title of patchwork of ggplots using ggtext?
How can a patchwork of ggplots be given a colourful title using ggtext?
Example
Suppose we have four plots
library(ggplot2)
library(patchwork)
library(ggtext)
p1 <- ggplot(mtcars) +
geom_point(aes(mpg, disp)) +
ggtitle('Plot 1')
p2 <-…
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Use different font sizes for different portions of text in ggplot2 title
Consider the following graph:
require(ggplot2)
ggplot(iris, aes(Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width)) + geom_point() +
labs(title = 'Iris[small font]' ) +
theme_classic()
The Left graph is the code output, the right graph shows the desired result, I…
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Left align ggplot caption
I'm using the R package ggtext to "plot align" (max left align) my title and subtitle. I also want to use these ggtext methods to "plot align" my caption.
library(tidyverse)
library(ggtext)
ggplot(mpg, aes(cty, hwy)) +
geom_point() +
…
Display name
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Adding images below x-axis labels in ggplot2
I have this plot:
Which has been produced with this code chunk based on an old TidyTuesday dataset, Astronaut.
library(tidyverse)
library(ggplot2)
library(ggtext)
astro_Q2_final %>%
ggplot(aes(x = reorder(nationality, proportion), y =…
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Change font face (to bold) of a single label in ggplot2 legend
I have a dataset in R 4.0.2 of two continuous variables divided into two groups (variable Curve: "Exp." or "Molecular\ndynamics"). I plot them with a geom_smooth layer (ggplot2 3.3.2) and color them by group Curve, and I also set that they are…
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how to apply both italic and normal fonts in the same label in phylogenetic tree in ggtree
I want A in italic, and CBS in normal.
I think ggtext might be useful, but I got an error.
here is an example:
tree<-read.tree(text="(A,(B,C));")
labs=c("*A*CBS","B","C")
tree$tip.label<-labs
ggtree(tree)+ geom_tiplab(align=T) +…
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ggplot2 facet labels - second line is not displayed
I have a script that used to produce a facetted plot with strip text on multiple lines. But this does not work anymore. Below is a MWE where the strip text should be parsed from, e.g. "bold(A)\nreally~long~extra" to:
A
really long extra
The second…
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