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XKCD and the xkcd package

XKCD is a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language created by Randall Munroe.

This package tries to give a satisfactory answer to the question How can we make xkcd style graphs in R?. The xkcd package provides a set of functions for plotting data in a XKCD style using ggplot2.

Some examples of Scatterplots and Bar Charts:

Scatterplots

caritas.png caritas.png caritas.png caritas.png caritas.png Cálculo de la Pensión

Bar charts

Caritas Spain Mother's day Cálculo de la Pensión

Maps

Marca España EPA España EPA España

Miscellany

Angles of xkcdman Angles of xkcdman

The development page is here.