I wrote an essay on methods of comparison in 2018 that’s tangentially related (though more focused on color than position). It was inspired by an article by Lis

I wrote an essay on methods of comparison in 2018 that’s tangentially related (though more focused on color than position). It was inspired by an article by Lisa Charlotte Rost on log scales. https://observablehq.com/@mbostock/methods-of-comparison-compared https://observablehq.com/@mbostock/methods-of-comparison-com... https://blog.datawrapper.de/weeklychart-logscale/ https://blog.datawrapper.de/weeklychart-logscale/ With the COVID-19 pandemic, the topic of log scales has even made its way into The New York Times as people try to wrap their heads around exponential growth. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-data-logarithm-chart.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-data-l...