cardargus: Generate SVG Information Cards with Embedded Fonts and Badges

Create self-contained SVG information cards with embedded 'Google Fonts', shields-style badges, and custom logos. Cards are fully portable SVG files ideal for dashboards, reports, and web applications. Includes functions to export cards to PNG format and display them in 'R Markdown' and 'Quarto' documents.

Version: 0.2.0
Imports: gdtools, digest, rsvg, magick, cli
Suggests: testthat (≥ 3.0.0), knitr, rmarkdown, showtext, sysfonts, systemfonts, base64enc, htmltools, grid, curl, gfonts, chromote
Published: 2026-01-31
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.cardargus (may not be active yet)
Author: Andre Leite [aut, cre], Hugo Vasconcelos [aut], Diogo Bezerra [aut]
Maintainer: Andre Leite <leite at castlab.org>
BugReports: https://github.com/StrategicProjects/cardargus/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/StrategicProjects/cardargus
NeedsCompilation: no
Language: en-US
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: cardargus results

Documentation:

Reference manual: cardargus.html , cardargus.pdf
Vignettes: Working with Badges (source, R code)
Introduction to cardargus (source, R code)
Customizing Cards (source, R code)
Export and Conversion (source, R code)
Font Management (source, R code)
Icons and Logos (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: cardargus_0.2.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: not available, r-release: not available, r-oldrel: not available
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): not available, r-oldrel (arm64): not available, r-release (x86_64): cardargus_0.2.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): cardargus_0.2.0.tgz

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