You ask: "Is there a way to produce good quality area graphs in R?" I
would modify that question a little and ask it back as:
Is there a way to produce good quality area graphs?
Consider the following:
> library(fortunes)
> fortune(197)
If anything, there should be a Law: Thou Shalt Not Even Think Of Producing A
Graph That Looks Like Anything From A Spreadsheet.
-- Ted Harding (in a discussion about producing graphics)
R-help (August 2007)
>
(also possibly fortune(266))
And also the books by Tufte and Cleveland.
What information are you trying to convey/explore using area graphs?
There is probably a better tool or set of tools to use.
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Leask, Graham <[email protected]> wrote:
> Area graphs are a commonly used graphic in such software as Excel but I have
> been unable
> to find any examples of their use using R.
>
> Is there a way to produce good quality area graphs in R? If so I would
> greatly appreciate
> being directed to the relevant package or a code example.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated
>
> Graham
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