Designing for an Audience - Data Points: Visualization That Means Something - page 594

FIGURE 6-11 A rough sketch
rather than a polished graphic
FIGURE 6-12 Same data and graph with different aesthetics
THE RULES
If you've looked up the how-to's of visualization, you've no doubt come across
plenty of “rules.” There are topics that are nothing but do's and don'ts for
your graphics, and a common mistake is to assume that these apply to all
visualization when they are written for specific applications, such as analysis,
reports, or presentations.