Glamour Theming

ggplot2 themes and helpers for clean, directly labeled charts

Glamour is a first attempt at making a Tufte-like style easy to apply. Motivated by Will Chase’s talk The Glamour of Graphics, this package helps the user: label directly, choose type on purpose, strip the grid back, and use color only when it carries meaning.

The package (glamour) provides:

theme_glamour(): a minimal theme with controls for the grid, legend and palette
Palettes: glamour_palette(), scale_color_glamour() and scale_fill_glamour(), with light and dark variants
Direct labeling: color_label() and color_legend() color words in the title to replace the need for a legend
Typography: load_glamour_fonts() registers Google Fonts through showtext
Export: glamour_save() for consistent sizing on exports

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("James-Hodges/glamourtheming")
library(glamour)

See the examples page for scatter, bar, line and faceted charts built with it.