Generation of Figures in Illustrator

• Make chart in R, make as many as possible changes to text size, labels colors and layout within R
• Some recommendations:
  • Use ggplot2 library for all figures
  • Add the commands at the end of your figure generation command :

theme_classic() + # to get the overall layout

theme(text = element_text(size=18)) # to increase font

• Use same library (ie ggplot), font sizes etc for all figures in a paper. If you need to create multiple versions of a figure in R that is fine.
• Create an illustrator file, with artboards for each figure panel (if for a paper)
• Drag the pdf file from the figures folder in your R script onto the artboard. For ease of use do not resize figure.
• Add a panel indicator (i.e. "A.") for each figure
• Note in the README.md file where the script is located (in the git repository) and which pdf file was used

• Use font Arial
• Use 11 pt for most labels and 8pt for axis labels
• Use 18 pt for panel lettering
• For lines use a stroke of 2