trekfont

trekfont

This package contains true type and open type Star Trek fonts.

Installation

Install trekfont from CRAN with

install.packages("trekfont")

Install the development version from GitHub with

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("leonawicz/trekfont")

Examples

trekfonts contains one dataset, trekfonts, which is just a character vector of all 107 available font files.

Font files can be installed using the sysfonts package.

Here are some examples, leveraging sysfonts and showtext.

# install.packages("trekfont")
library(showtext)
font <- c("Khan", "StarNext", "FederationDS9Title", "Federation", "Klingon", "ModernVulcan", "TNGcast", "FederationStarfleet")
path <- system.file(paste0("fonts/", font, ".ttf"), package = "trekfont")
for(i in seq_along(font)) font_add(font[i], path[i])
font_families()
showtext_auto()

Use base graphics…

y <- seq(0.1, 0.9, length.out = 7)
txt <- "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog"
plot(0, 0, type = "n", ylim = c(0, 1), main = "trekfont package font sample", family = font[8])
for(i in 1:7) text(0, y[i], txt, family = font[i])

or ggplot2…

library(ggplot2)
g <- ggplot() + theme_gray(base_family = font[8]) + ggtitle("trekfont package font sample")
for(i in 1:7) g <- g + annotate("text", 0, y[i], label = txt, family = font[i], size = 12.5)
g

Did you ever think you would be annotating your plots in Vulcan and Klingon?

The rtrek package does not import trekfont, but it does provide a convenient wrapper function, rtrek::st_font(), for previewing the various fonts if trekfont is installed. This is the example plot shown at the top.

Packages in the trekverse

rtrek: The core Star Trek package

Datasets related to Star Trek, API wrappers to external data sources, and more.

lcars: LCARS aesthetic for Shiny

Create Shiny apps based on the Library Computer Access/Retrieval System (LCARS).

trekcolors: A color palette package

Predefined and customizable Star Trek themed color palettes and related functions.

trekfont: A fonts package

True (Trek) type fonts to style your Star Trek themed graphics text.

Citation

Matthew Leonawicz (2024). trekfont: Star Trek Fonts Collection. R package version 0.9.6. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=trekfont

Contribute

Contributions are welcome. Contribute through GitHub via pull request. Please create an issue first if it is regarding any substantive feature add or change.

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Please note that the trekfont project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.

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