* ============================================================================== * make_scheme.do * Wildcat Stata Scheme Generator * Modern Stata graph scheme synchronized with R ggplot2 theme_wildcat * Incorporates official Northwestern University brand color styles * * CUSTOMIZATION GUIDE: * Want to create your own customized scheme (e.g. for another university, company, * or personal aesthetic)? * See the "USER CONFIGURATION & CUSTOMIZATION SECTION" below: * 1. Change `scheme_name` to your desired name (e.g., "mytheme", "hawkeye"). * 2. Update color RGB definitions with your brand/preferred colors. * 3. Reorder the categorical plot sequence (`color1` through `color12`). * 4. Run `do stata/make_scheme.do` to instantly compile your custom scheme! * ============================================================================== version 16.0 set more off * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * USER CONFIGURATION & CUSTOMIZATION SECTION * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Quick custom changes: change the scheme name, brand palette, and series order here. local scheme_name "wildcat" // Scheme identifier: compiles scheme-`scheme_name'.scheme local scheme_title "Wildcat" // Descriptive title for display and comments local make_color_styles 1 // 1 = write color-*.style files to root, 0 = skip * Un-comment this block and swap out names to define your own custom colors for distribution with the scheme. /* local custom_color_1 "0 0 0" // SWap out your custom name and RBG values here (e.g., "mycolor1" "255 0 0" for bright red) local custom_colors custom_color_1 // This will trigger a color scheme file generation in section 5, below. */ * Determine project root directory so files are written to root for net install local root "." capture confirm file "stata/make_scheme.do" if _rc != 0 { capture confirm file "../stata/make_scheme.do" if _rc == 0 local root ".." } * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 1. Check and Install Dependencies * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ foreach pkg in grstyle palettes colrspace { capture which `pkg' if _rc != 0 { di as txt "Installing required package: `pkg' from SSC..." capture ssc install `pkg', replace } } * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 2. Northwestern Brand Color Registry & Wildcat Theme Elements * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Official Northwestern University Brand Colors (Palettes & Accents) * Reference: https://www.northwestern.edu/brand/ * (To customize: replace or add your own RGB values below) local nupurple "78 42 132" // #4E2A84 - Primary Northwestern Purple local nupurple150 "38 8 65" // #260841 - Dark purple local nupurple50 "147 128 192" // #9380C0 - Light purple local nupurple40 "164 149 195" // #A495C3 local nupurple20 "204 196 223" // #CCC4DF - Soft tint local nubrightgreen "88 185 171" // #58B9AB local nubrightteal "127 206 205" // #7FCECD local nubrightblue "80 145 205" // #5091CD local nubrightyellow "237 233 59" // #EDE93B local nubrightorange "255 197 32" // #FFC520 local nubrightred "239 85 63" // #EF553F local nudarkgreen "0 134 86" // #008656 local nudarkteal "0 127 164" // #007FA4 local nudarkblue "13 45 108" // #0D2D6C local nudarkyellow "217 200 38" // #D9C826 local nudarkorange "202 124 27" // #CA7C1B local nudarkred "216 88 32" // #D85820 local nurichblack "0 0 0" // #000000 * Wildcat Structural & Semantic Theme Colors (Non-NU structural elements) * Note on Stata built-in color proximity: * wc_bg (255 255 255) is identical to Stata's white / gs16 * wc_axis (204 204 204) matches ggplot2 #CCCCCC (very close to Stata's gs13: 208 208 208) * wc_grid (234 234 234) matches ggplot2 #EAEAEA (close to Stata's dimgray: 232 232 232 / gs15: 240 240 240) * wc_title (34 34 34) matches ggplot2 #222222 (close to Stata's gs2: 32 32 32) * wc_body (102 102 102) matches ggplot2 #666666 (close to Stata's gs6: 96 96 96) local wc_bg "255 255 255" // Pure white canvas (#FFFFFF) local wc_title "34 34 34" // Dark charcoal for titles (#222222) local wc_body "102 102 102" // Muted medium gray for subtitles, captions, ticks (#666666) local wc_grid "234 234 234" // Thin light gray horizontal gridlines (#EAEAEA) local wc_axis "204 204 204" // Subtle axis baseline & tick marks (#CCCCCC) * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 3. Categorical Plot Sequence (Theme Series Order) * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Set series colors 1 through 12. To customize, swap any color macro below: local color1 "`nupurple'" // Plot 1: NU Purple local color2 "`nudarkorange'" // Plot 2: Dark Orange local color3 "`nubrightblue'" // Plot 3: Bright Blue local color4 "`nudarkgreen'" // Plot 4: Dark Green local color5 "`nubrightorange'" // Plot 5: Bright Orange local color6 "`nubrightteal'" // Plot 6: Bright Teal local color7 "`nubrightred'" // Plot 7: Bright Red local color8 "`nudarkblue'" // Plot 8: Dark Blue local color9 "`nudarkteal'" // Plot 9: Dark Teal local color10 "`nubrightgreen'" // Plot 10: Bright Green local color11 "`nudarkyellow'" // Plot 11: Dark Yellow local color12 "`nupurple50'" // Plot 12: Purple 50% * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 4. Configure Font Face (Arial matches R ggplot2 sans default on Windows/Mac) * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ capture graph set window fontface "Arial" capture graph set window fontfacesans "Arial" capture graph set eps fontfacesans "Arial" capture graph set ps fontfacesans "Arial" capture graph set svg fontfacesans "Arial" * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 5. Generate Color Style Files (color-*.style) * - Official Northwestern University brand colors (nupurple, nudarkorange, etc.) * - Wildcat theme structural colors (wc_axis, wc_bg, wc_grid, wc_title, wc_body) * - Custom user-defined colors (if any) * Allows direct usage of color names in any graph: * e.g., mcolor(nupurple), lcolor(nudarkorange), fcolor(nupurple20%50), lcolor(wc_axis) * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ capture program drop MakeWildcatColorStyle program define MakeWildcatColorStyle args cname rgb seq filepath if "`seq'" == "" local seq 9500 capture file close _fcol file open _fcol using "`filepath'", write replace file write _fcol "*! version 1.0.0 Color style: `cname'" _n file write _fcol "sequence `seq'" _n file write _fcol `"label "`cname'""' _n file write _fcol `"set rgb "`rgb'""' _n file close _fcol end if `make_color_styles' == 1 { * 18 Official Northwestern Brand Colors (No underscores) local nu_colors /// nupurple nupurple150 nupurple50 nupurple40 nupurple20 /// nubrightgreen nubrightteal nubrightblue nubrightyellow nubrightorange nubrightred /// nudarkgreen nudarkteal nudarkblue nudarkyellow nudarkorange nudarkred nurichblack * 5 Wildcat Semantic / Structural Colors local wc_colors /// wc_axis wc_bg wc_body wc_grid wc_title local seq = 9500 foreach c of local nu_colors { local rgb "``c''" MakeWildcatColorStyle "`c'" "`rgb'" `seq' "`root'/color-`c'.style" local ++seq } foreach c of local wc_colors { local rgb "``c''" MakeWildcatColorStyle "`c'" "`rgb'" `seq' "`root'/color-`c'.style" local ++seq } * Note: If you want to add your own custom colors, define them above in the USER CONFIGURATION section foreach c of local custom_colors { local rgb "``c''" MakeWildcatColorStyle "`c'" "`rgb'" `seq' "`root'/color-`c'.style" local ++seq } } * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 6. Initialize grstyle and Generate scheme-`scheme_name'.scheme * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ set scheme s2color grstyle clear grstyle init `scheme_name', replace * Base styling: white background, horizontal tick labels, zero default grid grstyle set plain, nogrid horizontal * Canvas and Background: Pure white, zero outer box, zero inner frame grstyle color background "`wc_bg'" grstyle color plotregion none grstyle color graphregion "`wc_bg'" grstyle color plotregion_line none grstyle color graphregion_line none grstyle linestyle plotregion none grstyle linestyle graphregion none grstyle color filled none grstyle color textbox none * Typography Colors: * Dark charcoal for titles, muted gray for subtitles, captions, notes, ticks, and marker labels grstyle color heading "`wc_title'" grstyle color subheading "`wc_body'" grstyle color body "`wc_body'" grstyle color small_body "`wc_body'" grstyle color caption "`wc_body'" grstyle color note "`wc_body'" grstyle color text_option "`wc_body'" grstyle color axis_title "`wc_title'" grstyle color tick_label "`wc_body'" grstyle color tick_biglabel "`wc_body'" grstyle color minortick_label "`wc_body'" grstyle color tick_label_prep "`wc_body'" grstyle color label "`wc_body'" grstyle color small_label "`wc_body'" grstyle color key_label "`wc_body'" grstyle color legend_title "`wc_title'" grstyle color bylabel "`wc_title'" * Typography Sizes (Refined hierarchy matching R ggplot2): grstyle gsize heading medium grstyle gsize subheading small grstyle gsize axis_title small grstyle gsize tick_label small grstyle gsize tick_biglabel small grstyle gsize body 2.4 grstyle gsize small_body 2.4 grstyle gsize caption 2.4 grstyle gsize note 2.4 grstyle gsize text_option small grstyle gsize key_label small grstyle gsize legend_title small grstyle gsize bylabel medium * Spacing & Padding: * Tuned vertical padding between axis title and axis tick numbers grstyle gsize axis_title_gap tiny grstyle margin axis_title zero * Plot region margins: * Calibrate plotregion and twoway margins to medium (medmargin ~3.5%) to synchronize Y-axis vertical * height and aspect ratio with R ggplot2 defaults across all graph types grstyle margin plotregion medium grstyle margin twoway medium * Title and Subtitle: Left-aligned and spanning (top-left) grstyle yesno title_span yes grstyle yesno subtitle_span yes grstyle clockdir title_position 11 grstyle clockdir subtitle_position 11 * Notes and Captions: Left-aligned at bottom (bottom-left) grstyle yesno caption_span yes grstyle yesno note_span yes grstyle clockdir note_position 7 grstyle clockdir caption_position 7 * Axes & Gridlines: * Eliminate vertical (Y) axis line and Y-axis tick marks across ALL graphs (including hbar) grstyle axisstyle vertical_default vertical_nolinetick grstyle axisstyle vertical_withgrid vertical_nolinetick grstyle axisstyle vertical_nogrid vertical_nolinetick grstyle axisstyle bar_scale_vert vertical_nolinetick grstyle axisstyle box_scale_vert vertical_nolinetick grstyle axisstyle dot_scale_vert vertical_nolinetick grstyle axisstyle bar_group horizontal_nolinetick grstyle axisstyle bar_var horizontal_nolinetick grstyle axisstyle bar_super horizontal_nolinetick grstyle ticksetstyle major_vert_withgrid major_vert_notick grstyle ticksetstyle major_vert_default major_vert_notick grstyle ticksetstyle major_vert_nogrid major_vert_notick * Turn ON horizontal gridlines (drawn along vertical axis) grstyle anglestyle vertical_tick horizontal grstyle yesno draw_major_vgrid yes grstyle yesno draw_major_nlt_vgrid yes grstyle yesno draw_major_nt_vgrid yes grstyle yesno draw_major_nl_vgrid yes grstyle yesno draw_minor_vgrid no grstyle color major_grid "`wc_grid'" grstyle color minor_grid "`wc_grid'" grstyle linewidth major_grid thin * Turn OFF all vertical gridlines (grid along horizontal axis) grstyle yesno draw_major_hgrid no grstyle yesno draw_minor_hgrid no grstyle color major_hgrid none grstyle linestyle major_hgrid none grstyle linepattern major_hgrid blank grstyle color hgrid none grstyle linestyle hgrid none grstyle linepattern hgrid blank * Horizontal (X) axis baseline and ticks: subtle gray (#CCCCCC) across all graphs grstyle color axisline "`wc_axis'" grstyle linewidth axisline thin grstyle color tick "`wc_axis'" grstyle linewidth tick thin grstyle linestyle axis_withgrid axisline grstyle color axis_withgrid "`wc_axis'" * Legends: borderless, horizontal layout positioned at top-left * Spanning to the left edge to flush with Y-axis/title margin * Square legend keys matching R ggplot2 with compact element padding grstyle clockdir legend_position 11 grstyle clockdir by_legend_position 11 grstyle yesno legend_span yes grstyle areastyle legend none grstyle color legend_fill none grstyle color legend_line none grstyle linestyle legend none grstyle numstyle legend_rows 1 grstyle gsize legend_key_xsize medsmall grstyle gsize legend_key_ysize medsmall grstyle gsize legend_key_gap half_tiny grstyle gsize legend_colgap tiny grstyle gsize legend_col_gap tiny grstyle margin legend zero grstyle margin legend_boxmargin zero * Default Solid Filled Circle Markers (small size matching R geom_point) grstyle symbol p circle grstyle symbolsize p small grstyle symbolsize symbol small grstyle gsize symbol small * Default Line Width (medium-thick line matching R ggplot2 linewidth ~0.85) grstyle linewidth line medthick grstyle linewidth lineplot medthick * Bar and Box Proportions (Calibrated to match R geom_col width 0.58 and geom_boxplot width 0.55): * In Stata, gaps are specified relative to bar/box thickness. Higher gap percentages * produce slimmer, refined bars and boxes at the scheme level without per-graph overrides. grstyle relsize bar_gap 100pct grstyle relsize bar_groupgap 100pct grstyle relsize bar_outergap 20pct grstyle relsize box_gap 75pct grstyle relsize box_groupgap 100pct grstyle relsize box_outergap 20pct * Confidence Intervals (Northwestern Purple 20% soft tint ribbon without outline) grstyle color ci_area "`nupurple20'" grstyle color ci_arealine "`nupurple20'%0" grstyle linestyle ci_arealine none grstyle color ci2_area "`nubrightblue'%20" grstyle color ci2_arealine "`nubrightblue'%0" grstyle linestyle ci2_arealine none * Multi-panel Facets (by-plots): clean transparent header, zero banner shading grstyle bygraphstyle bygraph default grstyle bygraphstyle default default grstyle color bylabel_outline none grstyle linestyle bylabel_outline none grstyle color bylabel_box none grstyle color bylabel_fill "`wc_bg'" grstyle color bylabel "`wc_title'" grstyle areastyle by_title none grstyle yesno by_legend_force_draw no grstyle yesno by_outer_box no * Cleveland Dot Plots: subtle gray leader dots, no vertical baseline grstyle color dots "`wc_axis'" grstyle color dotmarkline "`wc_axis'" grstyle axisstyle dot_group horizontal_nolinetick grstyle axisstyle dot_var horizontal_nolinetick grstyle axisstyle dot_super horizontal_nolinetick * Assign Categorical Colors to Plot Series (1 through 12) forvalues i = 1/12 { local c "`color`i''" grstyle color p`i' "`c'" grstyle color p`i'markfill "`c'" grstyle color p`i'markline "`c'" grstyle color p`i'line "`c'" grstyle color p`i'lineplot "`c'" grstyle color p`i'bar "`c'" grstyle color p`i'barline "`c'" grstyle color p`i'box "`c'" grstyle color p`i'boxline "`c'" grstyle color p`i'pie "`c'" grstyle color p`i'area "`c'" grstyle color p`i'arealine "`c'" grstyle color p`i'dot "`c'" grstyle color p`i'dotmark "`c'" grstyle symbol p`i' circle grstyle symbolsize p`i' small grstyle linewidth p`i'line medthick grstyle linewidth p`i'lineplot medthick grstyle linewidth p`i'area medthick } * Ensure compiled scheme-`scheme_name'.scheme is in root directory if "`root'" != "." { capture copy "scheme-`scheme_name'.scheme" "`root'/scheme-`scheme_name'.scheme", replace } * Print confirmation di as res "Successfully configured `scheme_title' Stata scheme (scheme-`scheme_name'.scheme)." if `make_color_styles' == 1 { di as res "Successfully generated `scheme_title' color styles (color-*.style) for root distribution." }