Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
use) such as Open Sans Condensed and Miso (available, for example,
from
http://fontsquirrel.com
)
. Gill Sans Extra Condensed is used in
Figure 5-14
. Be careful, though—the narrower the font, the larger the
font size required to maintain readability.
Figure 5-13:
Condensed fonts are 25 percent to 50 percent narrower
than standard fonts—useful for labeling graphs.
Figure 5-14:
This is the same family graph using Gill Sans Extra
Condensed. You can reduce the amount of overlap by using narrow fonts.
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Short labels
—Long labels can often be shortened, although shorter
labels may not automatically exist in the source data. In the e-mail