patchwork 1.3.0 has just been released bringing refinements to the free() function and full on support for gt tables Read more ...

The initial release brings markdown awareness to grid and ggplot2 to allow for rich text formatting in R graphics. Read more ...

Introducing a new polar coordinate system that supersedes the old coord_polar(). Read on about the new coord_radial(). Read more ...

The 3.5.0 version of ggplot2 comes with an overhaul of the guide system. Read here what is new for axes. Read more ...

The 3.5.0 version of ggplot2 comes with an overhaul of the guide system. Read here what is new for legends. Read more ...

ggplot2 3.5.0 is now on CRAN. Discover what is new in this release. Read more ...

ggplot2 3.4.0 is now on CRAN. Read all about the (mostly internal) changes that make up this release. Read more ...

The next release of ggplot2 will contain a number of internal improvements and fixes long-time inconsistencies. One of these are the conflation of point size and linewidth into the same aesthetic. This post will go into detail with how you can make your extension package work well with the new linewidth aesthetic. Read more ...

scales 1.2.0 brings a number of small but useful improvements to numeric labels. Read more ...

The graphics engine in R is continually improving, and the ragg and svglite graphic devices follow along in supporting them. This blog post outlines what is now possible, and what might come in the future. Read more ...