# tufte
**Repository Path**: mirrors_rstudio/tufte
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: tufte
- **Description**: Tufte Styles for R Markdown Documents
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No
## Statistics
- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2022-01-05
- **Last Updated**: 2025-12-07
## Categories & Tags
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## README
# tufte
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This R package provides a few R Markdown output formats that use the
Tufte style. See for a comprehensive
example.
## Books
See about the Tufte Handouts format in R Markdown Definitive Guide
## Installation
You can install the last available released version from
[CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/package=tufte)
``` r
install.packages('tufte')
```
You can also install the development version of **tufte** from
[GitHub](https://github.com/) with:
``` r
# install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("rstudio/tufte")
```
## Usage
The easiest way to make a new R Markdown document using Tufte style is
from within RStudio. Go to *File \> New File \> R Markdown \> From
template \> Tufte Handout*.
This can also be created from the command line using
``` r
rmarkdown::draft("tufte.Rmd", "tufte_html", "tufte")
```
## Getting help
There are two main places to get help:
1. The [RStudio
community](https://forum.posit.co/c/quarto-r-markdown/10) is a
friendly place to ask any questions about rmarkdown and the R
Markdown family of packages. Use tag **tufte** in your post.
2. [Stack
Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/r-markdown+tufte)
is a great source of answers to common rmarkdown questions. It is
also a great place to get help, once you have created a reproducible
example that illustrates your problem.