Tufte honestly thinks pixelated type is pretty terrible, too. 16 pixel density is embarrassing compared to printed or pressed text. But in either case, it's ob

Tufte honestly thinks pixelated type is pretty terrible, too. 16 pixel density is embarrassing compared to printed or pressed text. But in either case, it's obvious that's a silly argument. Trends posterized to 8 levels are far easier to read in "sparkbar" form than as a list of numbers. It's suboptimal, but better than the plain list.