I would like to use AvantGarde font family in a geom_text_repel but I get an error.
library(ggrepel)
p <- ggplot(mtcars,
aes(wt, mpg, label = rownames(mtcars), colour = factor(cyl))) +
geom_point()
p + geom_text_repel(family = 'AvantGarde')
Here is the error message I get output produced by the code:
Error in grid.Call(C_textBounds, as.graphicsAnnot(x$label), x$x, x$y, :
polygon edge not found
In addition: There were 12 warnings (use warnings() to see them)
with the following warnings:
1: In grid.Call(C_textBounds, as.graphicsAnnot(x$label), ... :
no font could be found for family "AvantGarde"
Here is the output from sessionInfo() in my R session:
R version 4.1.3 (2022-03-10)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin17.0 (64-bit)
Running under: macOS 13.2.1
Matrix products: default
LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.1/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
other attached packages:
[1] ggrepel_0.9.2.9999 ggplot2_3.4.1
loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] Rcpp_1.0.10 fansi_1.0.4 withr_2.5.0 dplyr_1.1.0
[5] utf8_1.2.3 grid_4.1.3 R6_2.5.1 lifecycle_1.0.3
[9] gtable_0.3.3 magrittr_2.0.3 scales_1.2.1 pillar_1.9.0
[13] rlang_1.1.0 cli_3.6.1 farver_2.1.1 rstudioapi_0.14
[17] generics_0.1.3 vctrs_0.6.1 labeling_0.4.2 tools_4.1.3
[21] glue_1.6.2 munsell_0.5.0 compiler_4.1.3 pkgconfig_2.0.3
[25] colorspace_2.1-0 tidyselect_1.2.0 tibble_3.2.1
I tried all the other types of fonts available in R without success
I found a solution here: (Fonts not available in R after importing)
You can modify the Graphic Device for RStudio to AGG and work with the fonts in a seamless way. Just like the default ones (Changing just the "family" on theme()). Just install the ragg package and follow:
Tools > Global options > General > Graphics > Backend: AGG
Documentation: https://ragg.r-lib.org/