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Demystifying Tufte's data-ink ratio
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tuftesrazor.scienceux.org
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2 days ago
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jameshart 2 hours ago
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Viewing in dark mode, so most of the ‘ink’ is used to render the empty background. Every suggested change here decreases the ink/data ratio.
Transformanshen 4 hours ago
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That’s interesting. However, with charts, reducing the amount of ink can sometimes compromise readability.
johnplatte 29 minutes ago
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An excellent point that is very well covered in the linked article.
nayuki 4 hours ago
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It makes me think of
https://xkcd.com/688/
chrisweekly 4 hours ago
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Ha! Yes. One of my favorites.