Tufte in R

Abstraction: R code gallery replicating Edward Tufte visualization principles

Key points:

• Implements Tufte's minimal data-ink principle across three R graphics systems: base graphics, lattice, and ggplot2
• Covers line plots, boxplots, barcharts, slopegraphs, sparklines, dot-dash plots, stem-and-leaf, and range frames
• Uses ggthemes package's theme_tufte() and geom_tufteboxplot() for ggplot2; Thomas Leeper's slopegraph package for slopegraphs
• Interactive Tufte-style plots also demonstrated via highcharter package with hc_theme_tufte()
• "Data-ink ratio" concept: erasing non-data ink should not lose data information; main challenge is removing R's default decorations

Connections: Edward Tufte · R Language · Ggplot2 · Data Visualization · Information Design

Source: http://motioninsocial.com/tufte/