Package index • tufter

Drawing

Choose a plotting tool for the comparison you want to make.

Themes

theme_tufte(): A minimal theme for statistical graphics
theme_sparkline(): A theme for sparklines
theme_slopegraph(): A theme for slopegraphs

Frames and margins

Show the observed range or distribution along the axes.

geom_rangeframe() geom_quartileframe(): Range frames and quartile frames
quartile_breaks(): Axis breaks at the five-number summary
geom_dotdash(): Dot-dash-plot marginal distributions

Distributions and comparisons

geom_tufteboxplot(): Tufte's minimal box plot
geom_col_tufte() geom_bar_tufte(): Bar charts with the gridlines erased through the bars
geom_cleveland_dot(): The Cleveland dot plot
slopegraph(): Slopegraphs
facet_tufte(): Small multiples

Word-sized graphics

sparkline(): Sparklines
sparklines(): Many sparklines at once
sparkline_grob(): A sparkline as a grob

Colour and labelling

Choose colours and place labels so readers can identify the series.

tufte_pal() tufte_colours() tufte_colors(): Tufte's colour palettes
scale_colour_tufte() scale_color_tufte() scale_fill_tufte() scale_colour_tufte_c() scale_fill_tufte_c(): Tufte colour and fill scales
geom_text_last() geom_text_first(): Label series directly instead of with a legend
label_source(): Add a source note to a figure

Measuring

Estimate specific features of a figure and compare them across drafts.

data_ink_ratio(): Data-ink ratio
lie_factor(): Lie factor
data_density(): Data density
bank_to_45(): Bank the aspect ratio to 45 degrees
check_contrast(): Check contrast in a plot
contrast_ratio(): WCAG contrast ratio between two colours
check_labels_fit(): Check that the labels fit inside the canvas

Auditing

tufte_audit(): Audit a plot against Tufte's principles
audit_figures(): Audit every figure in a paper at once

Reference and output

tufte_principles(): Tufte's principles, and what implements them
save_tufte(): Save a figure after checking its labels
tufter tufter-package: tufter: Implement Edward Tufte's principles of graphical design