Semiology of Graphics

Bertin, J. Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps.

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  • Well-built keys respect the perceptual limits of the visual variables they lean on, choosing color, shape, and size for the kind of distinction each conveys best.

    This sourceTrans. W. J. Berg. University of Wisconsin Press (1983). Differentiates visual variables by perceptual properties, including categorical uses of color and shape and ordered or quantitative uses of size.

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