Principles of Graphical Excellence

Categories: Data Visualization
04th
  • Graphical Excellence is the well-designed presentation of interesting data – a matter of substance, of statistics and of design.
  • Graphical excellence consists of complex ideas communicated with clarity, precisions, and efficiency.
  • Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space.
  • Graphical excellence is nearly always multivariate.
  • Graphical excellence requires telling the truth about the data.

Notes from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte

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