Visual Representation.

Minard M. French Army in the Russian Campaign, 1869

Sentences ! ! ! tables! ! ! ! ! ! graphics

Easier to decode! ! V. effective ! ! ! ! ! Highest data desity! ! ! ! ! for localised comparisonsLinearly organised! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! More difficult to decode

! ! ! ! ! Only effective with small! ! ! ! ! data sets

Edward Tufte - V. interesting

Micro macroPopulation Census Result 1980, Japanese statistics bureau.

'To clarify add detail, clutter and confusion are failures of design not attributes of information' - Trufte

Layering and Separation.

Colour! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Interaction of colour, 1963 Josef AlbersColour to labelColour to measure! ! ! ! ! ! ! Beautiful Evidence, 2006 Edward TrufteColour to represent immediate realityColour to enliven or decorate

Understanding Comics, 1993 Scott McCloudn

InDesign

TypefaceLeading! ! ! ! ! ! Space between base linesJustificationHyphenationLine Length

W - Switch between guidelines/no guidelines

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