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These are still all bad to my eye. Way too much "chartjunk", too many colors for most of them. You simply don't need all those lines. They are easier to read if
by giraffe_lady 3y ago
These are still all bad to my eye. Way too much "chartjunk", too many colors for most of them. You simply don't need all those lines. They are easier to read if you put less on them, but carefully. Any edward tufte book is about this and a handful of basic techniques go a long way.
- minimaxir 3y agoThese charts are made with ggplot2, which is based on the grammar of graphics. EDIT: I thought Tufte did it, I was wrong. https://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Graphics-Statistics-Computing/dp/0387245448 https://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Graphics-Statistics-Computing...
- giraffe_lady 3y agoGrammar of graphics is a different guy I think but it doesn't matter what it's based on because they still aren't good! Tufte's whole like, thing is essentially that charts need to be intentionally designed to convey a specific concept to a specific audience via careful choice about what information to present. A library can help you with the shapes but can't automate the decisions.
- minimaxir 3y agoYou're correct, I edited my comment.