theme_linedraw ggplot2 Theme in R (6 Examples)

In this article, I’ll show how to switch the ggplot2 theme to the theme_linedraw in R.

The tutorial contains the following content:

Let’s get started!

Example Data & Add-On Packages

The following data is used as basement for this R programming tutorial:

set.seed(7221665)                          # Set random seed
data <- data.frame(x = rnorm(120),         # Create example data frame
                   y = rnorm(120),
                   group = LETTERS[1:3])
head(data)                                 # Print head of example data frame

As you can see based on Table 1, our exemplifying data is a data frame containing three columns. The variables x and y are numerical, and the variable group has the character class.

In this tutorial, I’ll also have to install and load the ggplot2 package.

install.packages("ggplot2")                # Install ggplot2 package
library("ggplot2")                         # Load ggplot2

Example 1: Draw ggplot2 Scatterplot Using theme_linedraw()

ggplot(data,                               # theme_linedraw scatterplot
       aes(x = x,
           y = y,
           col = group)) +
  geom_point() +
  theme_linedraw()

Example 2: Draw ggplot2 Density Plot Using theme_linedraw()

ggplot(data,                               # theme_linedraw density plot
       aes(x = x,
           fill = group)) +
  geom_density(alpha = 0.5) +
  theme_linedraw()

Example 3: Draw ggplot2 Histogram Using theme_linedraw()

ggplot(data,                               # theme_linedraw histogram
       aes(x = x,
           fill = group)) +
  geom_histogram(alpha = 0.5,
                 position = "identity",
                 bins = 50) +
  theme_linedraw()

Example 4: Draw ggplot2 Barchart Using theme_linedraw()

ggplot(aggregate(y ~ group, data, sum),    # theme_linedraw barplot
       aes(x = group,
           y = y,
           fill = group)) +
  geom_bar(stat = "identity") +
  theme_linedraw()

Example 5: Draw ggplot2 Boxplot Using theme_linedraw()

ggplot(data,                               # theme_linedraw boxplot
       aes(x = x,
           fill = group)) +
  geom_boxplot() +
  theme_linedraw()

Example 6: Draw ggplot2 Line Plot Using theme_linedraw()

ggplot(data,                               # theme_linedraw line plot
       aes(x = x,
           y = y,
           col = group)) +
  geom_line() +
  theme_linedraw()

Video & Further Resources

In case you want to learn more about the ggplot2 package and data visualization in R, please have a look at the following video tutorial, where I give a detailed introduction with different examples:

On this website, you can also find articles on how to create different kinds of graphics such as scatterplots, density plots, barcharts, boxplots, histograms, and line plots using the other ggplot2 themes:

• theme_bw
• theme_classic
• theme_dark
• theme_economist [ggthemes Package]
• theme_gray
• theme_light
• theme_minimal
• theme_test
• theme_void

Furthermore, you may have a look at the introductions to other add-on packages that provide extra themes for ggplot2 plots:

• ggthemes Package in R
• ggthemr Package in R

Besides the video and the tutorials above, you might have a look at the other tutorials which I have published on my website.

• Default & Custom ggplot2 Themes in R
• Plotting Data in R
• R Programming Tutorials

In this R tutorial you have learned how to apply the theme_linedraw function to modify the design and layout of a ggplot2 plot. Let me know in the comments, if you have further questions.