《The Visual Display of Quantitative Information》的原文摘录
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, precision, 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.
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The representation of numbers, as physically measured on the surface of the graphic itself, should be directly proportional to the numerical quantities represented.
clear, detailed, and thorough labeling should be used to defeat graphical distortion and ambiguity. write our explanations of the data on the graphic itself. Label important events in the data.
Show data variation, not design variation.
In time-series displays of money, deflated and standardized units of monetary measurement are nearly always better than nominal units.
The number of information-carrying (variable) dimensions depicted should not exceed the number of dimensions in the data.
Graphics must not quote data out of context.
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作者: Edward R. Tufte isbn: 0961392142 书名: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 页数: 200 定价: USD 40.00 出版社: Graphics Press 出版年: 2001-2 装帧: Hardcover
