Semiology of Graphics¶
Bertin, J. (1983). Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps. University of Wisconsin Press.
Cited by¶
2 citations across 2 artifacts.
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Mechanisms¶
- Map Legend or Data Symbol Key
- 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.
- 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.
- Visual Contrast Encoding
- Its strength is bandwidth: a good encoding lets a viewer read differences across hundreds of items in a single glance, surfacing patterns — clusters, gradients, outliers — that no table of values makes visible.
This sourceDevelops visual variables and levels of reading as a high-bandwidth system for perceiving structure in graphic information.
- Its strength is bandwidth: a good encoding lets a viewer read differences across hundreds of items in a single glance, surfacing patterns — clusters, gradients, outliers — that no table of values makes visible.
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