ggplot2 extension packages

[samanthacsik]

From Cédric Scherer—Outlier 2021—ggplot wizardy: my favorite tricks and secrets for beautiful plots in R

{ggtext}

• element_markdown(): formatted text elements
• geom_richtext(): formatted text labels with 360 deg rotation
• element_textbox() & element_textbox_simple(): formatted text boxes with word wrapping
• geom_textbox(): formatted text boxes with word wrapping

{ggforce}

• geom_mark_*(): advanced labels for single or multiple points; show all groups or highlight interesting subgroups

{patchwork}

lots of things put together!

some fun tips:

{ggdist}

lots of different options:

{ggdist}, {ggtext}, {patchwork}

{ggraph}

{treemapify}

{waffle}

{ggbump}

{ggstream}

{gggibbous}

{geofacet}

{ggforce}