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Summary Of: Chartjunk

Markings and visual elements can be called chartjunk if they are not part of the minimum set of visuals necessary to communicate the... Examples of unnecessary elements which might be called chartjunk include heavy or dark grid lines... Another kind of chartjunk skews the depiction and makes it difficult to understand the real data being displayed...

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An example of a chart containing gratuitous chartjunk. This chart uses a large area and a lot of "ink" (many symbols and lines) to show only five hard-to-read numbers, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16. | | A map with chartjunk: the clouds inside each provinces. | | Edward Tufte | Adolf Loos's | ornament is a crime | Oxford University Press | ISBN 0195135326 | ISBN 0-534-03730-5 | Categories | Infographics | Neologisms |
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