Edward Tufte criticized R for not being able to do some things typographically. It came in a tweet and was likely misunderstood. Sort of. I got a clarification from the man himself.
Edward Tufte
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Tufte Tweet Follow-up; Visualization Tools and Resources Roundup for December 2018
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Wrong Tool, Right Tool, More Tools for Visualization
Welcome to the new members-only newsletter: The Process. In this first update, a certain data graphics expert seems to really dislike R, which prompts a look into the visualization tools we use and what one might get out of a bigger toolbox.
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Tufte style charts in R
Lukasz Piwek is chipping away at a collection of Tufte-style charts using R,…
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The Art of Data Visualization
PBS Off Book’s recent episode is on “the art of data visualization.” It…
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Review of Tufte course
Thousands of people have attended Edward Tufte’s one-day course on data graphics. Robert…
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