Outlined text with ggplot2

Question

I\'d like to know if there is a way to draw \"outlined text\" with ggplot2, for example black text with a small white border, in order to make it easily readable on backgrou

Answer 1

Not ideal or very flexible but you can get the effect by drawing bold mono text, then standard mono text on top.

I've used a green panel background to simulate the map.

d <- diamonds[sample(nrow(diamonds), 10), ]

(p <- ggplot(d, aes(carat, price)) +
  geom_text(
    aes(label = cut, family = "mono", fontface = "bold"), 
    size = 12, 
    colour = "black"
  ) +
  geom_text(
    aes(label = cut, family = "mono"), 
    size = 12, 
    colour = "white"
  ) +
  opts(panel.background = theme_rect(fill = "green"))
)