Data visualization with base R | the R Graph Gallery

Shape parameters

Main shape features can be controled with a few parameters I always forget.

For lines, the lwd, type and lty parameters allow to control everything. For markers, cex, col and pch do the trick.

Here is a cheatsheet I often come back on to refresh my mind.

Parameters reminder

A cheatsheet to quickly reminder what option to use with what value to customize your chart.

Dealing with margins: mar and oma

Two types of margin are available on a base R chart, controled by the par and the oma parameters.

They are both called through the par() function as described in the dedicated post.

Base R margins

A post dedicated to margin management in base R.

Increase margin

Increase margin size with the mar argument of the par function

Other chart parameters: a cheatsheet

Here is a cheatsheet summarizing the most common base R option to customize the chart appearance.

Cheatsheet base R

A cheatsheet to remember a few chart parameters.