Line Type Scale for Vecshift Visualizations — scale_linetype_vecshift • longworkR

A specialized line type scale that maps categories to distinct line patterns optimized for black and white visualizations and accessibility.

Usage

scale_linetype_vecshift(
  categories = NULL,
  style = "employment",
  reverse = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

categories: Character vector. Categories to map (if NULL, uses data)
style: Character. Line type style (see vecshift_linetypes)
reverse: Logical. Whether to reverse line type order (default: FALSE)
...: Additional arguments passed to ggplot2 scale functions

Value

A ggplot2 linetype scale function

See also

vecshift_linetypes

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
library(ggplot2)

# For employment data
ggplot(data, aes(x = time, y = count, linetype = employment_status)) +
  geom_line() +
  scale_linetype_vecshift(style = "employment")

# For general categories
ggplot(data, aes(x = time, y = value, linetype = category)) +
  geom_line() +
  scale_linetype_vecshift(style = "basic")
} # }