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This carefully curated collection of resources will help you find packages and learning resources to help you on your R journey.

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ggtext

The ggtext package provides simple Markdown and HTML rendering support for ggplot2 in R.

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ggthemes

Extra Themes, Scales and Geoms for ggplot2

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ggthemr

Themes for ggplot2. The idea of this package is that you can just set the theme and then forget about it. You shouldn't have to change any of your existing code.

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GitHub - hughjonesd/ggmagnify: Create a magnified inset of part of a ggplot object

Create a magnified inset of part of a ggplot object

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Screenshot of GitHub - marcuslowx/HighContrast: An R package for making high contrast themes with ggplot2 for people with substantially impaired vision.

GitHub - marcuslowx/HighContrast: An R package for making high contrast themes with ggplot2 for people with substantially impaired vision.

An R package for making high contrast themes with ggplot2 for people with substantially impaired vision.

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GitHub - MilesMcBain/paint: paint the data

paint the data

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GitHub - nicucalcea/Ra11y: Collection of accessibility functions for R

Collection of accessibility functions for R

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GitHub - sebdalgarno/tinter: An R package to get tints and shades (and both) of a colour

An R package to get tints and shades (and both) of a colour

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googletraffic

The 'googletraffic' package facilitates creating georeferenced traffic data using Google Maps Javascript API. It allows for the creation of rasters representing traffic conditions with pixel values indicating varying levels of traffic. The package can produce traffic data around specific points or polygons and requires a Google API key. It's useful for merging traffic data with other spatial datasets. The package includes functions for installation, configuration, and visualization of traffic rasters. Alternatives like Mapbox are mentioned, with differences in data format and coverage outlined.

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gt

With the gt package, anyone can make wonderful-looking tables using the R programming language.

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gtExtras

gtExtras is an R package that provides additional helper functions to assist in creating beautiful tables with the gt package.

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