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ggcarly:theme_carly_presents()

Carlisle Rainey
September 05, 2018

 ggcarly:theme_carly_presents()

Carlisle Rainey

September 05, 2018
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  1. ggcarly:theme_carly_presents()

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  2. a theorem
    Carlisle’s Fundamental Theorem of Slide Design: Bigger is
    better until things start to overlap.

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  3. the theory
    In general, details are hard to see in low-resolution formats like
    conference presentations. Imagine squinting, from the back of an
    unevenly lit room, at a slide projected by an an old, buzzing
    projector onto a tiny screen.
    Where we have room to make things bigger, we should.
    We usually have extra room along the axes to make axis and tick
    labels easy-to-read. There’s a big ROI in having readable axis labels.
    This isn’t important in the print format because it’s easy (perhaps
    easier) to read small text.
    There’s not necessarily more room inside the plot for larger points,
    text, lines, etc.
    Implication: For a low-resolution presentation format, it makes
    sense to use bigger, bolder axis labels than in a print format (holding
    the size of the text/lines/points in the plotting region constant).

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  4. classic theme; default size
    Mazda RX4 Mazda RX4 Wag
    Datsun 710
    Hornet 4 Drive
    Hornet Sportabout
    Valiant
    Duster 360
    Merc 240D
    Merc 230
    Merc 280
    Merc 280C
    Merc 450SE
    Merc 450SL
    Merc 450SLC
    Cadillac Fleetwood
    Lincoln Continental
    Chrysler Imperial
    Fiat 128
    Honda Civic
    Toyota Corolla
    Toyota Corona
    Dodge Challenger
    AMC Javelin
    Camaro Z28
    Pontiac Firebird
    Fiat X1−9
    Porsche 914−2
    Lotus Europa
    Ford Pantera L
    Ferrari Dino
    Maserati Bora
    Volvo 142E
    10
    15
    20
    25
    30
    35
    2 3 4 5
    Weight (in 1000s of lbs.)
    MPG
    Cylinders
    a
    a
    a
    4
    6
    8

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  5. classic theme (manually resized in chunk options)
    Mazda RX4
    Mazda RX4 Wag
    Datsun 710
    Hornet 4 Drive
    Hornet Sportabout Valiant
    Duster 360
    Merc 240D
    Merc 230
    Merc 280
    Merc 280C Merc 450SE
    Merc 450SL
    Merc 450SLC
    Cadillac Fleetwood
    Lincoln Continental
    Chrysler Imperial
    Fiat 128
    Honda Civic
    Toyota Corolla
    Toyota Corona
    Dodge Challenger
    AMC Javelin
    Camaro Z28
    Pontiac Firebird
    Fiat X1−9
    Porsche 914−2
    Lotus Europa
    Ford Pantera L
    Ferrari Dino
    Maserati Bora
    Volvo 142E
    10
    15
    20
    25
    30
    35
    2 3 4 5
    Weight (in 1000s of lbs.)
    MPG
    Cylinders
    a
    a
    a
    4
    6
    8

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  6. carly_presents theme (manually resized in chunk options)
    Mazda RX4 Mazda RX4 Wag
    Datsun 710
    Hornet 4 Drive
    Hornet Sportabout
    Valiant
    Duster 360
    Merc 240D
    Merc 230
    Merc 280
    Merc 280C
    Merc 450SE
    Merc 450SL
    Merc 450SLC
    Cadillac Fleetwood
    Lincoln Continental
    Chrysler Imperial
    Fiat 128
    Honda Civic
    Toyota Corolla
    Toyota Corona
    Dodge Challenger
    AMC Javelin
    Camaro Z28
    Pontiac Firebird
    Fiat X1−9
    Porsche 914−2
    Lotus Europa
    Ford Pantera L
    Ferrari Dino
    Maserati Bora
    Volvo 142E
    10
    15
    20
    25
    30
    35
    2 3 4 5
    Weight (in 1000s of lbs.)
    MPG
    Cylinders
    a
    a
    a
    4
    6
    8

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