A custom theme specifically for use with ridgeline plots

This theme has some special modifications that make ridgeline plots look better, such as properly aligned y axis labels. It can draw plots with and without background grids (see examples).

theme_ridges(
  font_size = 14,
  font_family = "",
  line_size = 0.5,
  grid = TRUE,
  center_axis_labels = FALSE
)

Arguments

font_size	Overall font size. Default is 14.
font_family	Default font family.
line_size	Default line size.
grid	If TRUE (default), a background grid is drawn. If FALSE, background is left empty.
center_axis_labels	If TRUE, axis labels are drawn centered. If FALSE (default), axis lables are drawn right/top-aligned.

Value

The theme.

Examples

library(ggplot2)

# Example with background grid
ggplot(iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Species, group = Species)) +
  geom_density_ridges(rel_min_height = 0.005) +
  scale_y_discrete(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
  scale_x_continuous(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
  theme_ridges()
#> Picking joint bandwidth of 0.181

# Example without background grid
ggplot(iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Species, group = Species)) +
  geom_density_ridges() +
  scale_y_discrete(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
  scale_x_continuous(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
  theme_ridges(grid = FALSE)
#> Picking joint bandwidth of 0.181