Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
visibility, or the capability to simply move and drag an offending node
or two.
Figure 5-17
shows an example.
•
Adjust label position
—Placing a label above or below a node may be
more effective than placing the label over the node. Not all graph
software provides this option.
Figure 5-17:
This graph of family e-mails has node color brightened
and a couple node locations slightly shifted to improve label visibility.
•
Change label colors
—In some cases, the label color can be switched
depending on the color of what is behind it, such as pie hierarchy in
Chapter 4 (Figures 4-23 and 4-24).
•
Labels only
—Remove the nodes completely and use only the label as
the node. As shown in
Figure 5-18
, labels can also vary in size, color,
and other attributes based on data, so this is feasible, although the
range of colors and sizes must be tweaked.
