The Washington Post provides an introduction to fonts with mini-quizzes and straightforward examples.…
Design
Important in presenting data clearly and beautifully.
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Fonts primer
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An interactive guide to color and contrast
Color and contrast choices often are a product of personal preferences, but you…
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Arguing in favor of dual axes to show correlation
Charts that use two different scales on the same vertical often get the…
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A colorblind view of the web
If you don’t use a colorblind-safe color palette in your maps and charts,…
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Misuse of the rainbow color scheme to visualize scientific data
Fabio Crameri, Grace Shephard, and Philip Heron in Nature discuss the drawbacks of…
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Cinematic visualization
Using the third dimension in visualization can be tricky because of rendering, perception,…
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Dashboard Design Patterns
Dashboards aren’t really my thing, but we’ve seen, especially over the past few…
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Difficulties reading the cone of uncertainty
It seems that there is always surprise when a hurricane makes landfall in…
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Developing a data design language for the World Health Organization
In a collaborative effort with UX agency Kore, Moritz Stefaner describes work with…
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Choosing fonts for your charts
Changing the fonts you use for labels and annotation is one of the…
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Mapping extreme heat
For Bloomberg, Marie Patino reports on the shifting design choices for mapping weather…
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Defining color palettes for all your charts
Selecting a color palette for a single chart can be tricky, which is…
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Writing about probability in a way that people will understand
We see probabilities mentioned in the news, in weather forecasts, during sporting events,…
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Visualization accessibility
Øystein Moseng for Highcharts provides a brief guide on making your visualizations for…
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Varying colors of state guidance maps
Many states use color to represent levels of Covid-19 and/or county restrictions. The…
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Which color scale to use for your charts
On a superficial level, color scale selection seems like a straightforward task. Pick…
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Large collection of optical illusions and visual phenomena
Sometimes our eyes play tricks on us. Even when we know what is…
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Election map design challenges
For NYT Opinion, Betsy Mason outlines the design challenges behind election maps. Do…
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Colour Controversy is a game of perception and labeling
Colour Controversy is a simple game that shows you a shade and asks…
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What states are doing to make mail-in ballots clearer
Mail-in ballots can be rejected if they’re not filled out or mailed correctly.…
