In order to use a font in R it must first be made available locally. These functions facilitate the download and registration of fonts from online repositories.
Usage
get_from_google_fonts(family, dir = "~/fonts", woff2 = FALSE)
get_from_font_squirrel(family, dir = "~/fonts")Arguments
- family
The font family to download (case insensitive)
- dir
Where to download the font to. The default places it in your user local font folder so that the font will be available automatically in new R sessions. Set to
tempdir()to only keep the font for the session.- woff2
Should the font be downloaded in the woff2 format (smaller and more optimized)? Defaults to FALSE as the format is not supported on all systems