23ADVANCED PLOT CUSTOMIZATION
Many users are first drawn to R because of its impressive graphical flexibility and the ease with which you can control and tailor the resulting visuals. In this chapter, you’ll take a closer look at the base R graphics device, and at how you can fine-tune the plots you’re already familiar with, to get the most use out of your visualizations. In the chapters that follow, you’ll then expand your repertoire in both ggplot2 and traditional R graphics.
Much of this chapter will assume you’re familiar with the content of Chapters 7 and 14. In general, I’ll also assume you’re using the standard base R application (for example, ...
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