Hello, thanks for this work on a list. As a cartography teacher, I encourage my students to change the defaults parameters of the representation to subdue the grids, borders and other secondary information, too often using 100% black fine lines. Also, I'm sensible to the colors harmony, some colors are too harsh or too often seen in the same palettes, a bit of creativity is encouraged.
Great post. I'm curious, what's your position on clarity vs. aesthetics with line charts? Specifically, I'm wondering about straight lines vs. curved lines. I'd love to see some do's and don'ts around that can of worms.
Great question! The quick answer is: I don't know. But you made me think about the way I am using the term aesthetics here could be not fully appropriate. In a way I am only talking about aesthetic elements that have a functional component but it is totally possible to have aesthetic choices that make a visualization more pleasing or attractive but have no particularly strong functional benefit. Curved lines seem to fall in this category?
Hello, thanks for this work on a list. As a cartography teacher, I encourage my students to change the defaults parameters of the representation to subdue the grids, borders and other secondary information, too often using 100% black fine lines. Also, I'm sensible to the colors harmony, some colors are too harsh or too often seen in the same palettes, a bit of creativity is encouraged.
Yes! Suboptimal defaults is a really big problem. Good point.
Great post. I'm curious, what's your position on clarity vs. aesthetics with line charts? Specifically, I'm wondering about straight lines vs. curved lines. I'd love to see some do's and don'ts around that can of worms.
Great question! The quick answer is: I don't know. But you made me think about the way I am using the term aesthetics here could be not fully appropriate. In a way I am only talking about aesthetic elements that have a functional component but it is totally possible to have aesthetic choices that make a visualization more pleasing or attractive but have no particularly strong functional benefit. Curved lines seem to fall in this category?