Category Archives: Alphanumeric Chart

Top NY Picks: Me vs. Reviews

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

I have a few upcoming speaking appearances, including the International Cartography Conference (DC July 6); Information Visualization 2017 (London July 13) and Strata Data Conference (NYC Sept 26-28). Since NYC is a city I often visit, I thought I’d make … Continue reading →

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Microtext Line Charts

Posted on October 15, 2016 by

Sometimes a line chart needs to display a lot of lines. Instead of splitting into a grid of charts, consider replacing the lines with text. Continue reading →

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Noticing a Difference vs. Decoding

Posted on May 31, 2016 by

I’ve had a number of papers rejected where I’ve varied multiple (font) attributes within a single visualization – jump ahead to fig. 6 for an example. There are members in the visualization community and the typography community who have reservations about … Continue reading →

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Alphanumeric Financial Charts

Posted on April 30, 2016 by

Financial charting has long used alphanumerics as point indicators in charts. One of the oldest I can find is Hoyle’s Figure Chart (from The Game in Wall Street and How to Play it Successfully: 1898) which essentially plots individual security prices in a matrix … Continue reading →

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