perception
continuity
also: continuity principleThe eye follows the smoothest paths.
continuité
Le regard suit les trajectoires les plus régulières.
Classification
- perception
Attestation
- French term: Bertin, Sémiologie graphique, 1967
- English definition: Semiology of graphics: diagrams, networks, maps
Sources (63)
270 occurrences in the corpus; indexed by 7 books
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- A field guide to digital color
- alg.manifoldapp.org
- Atlas of knowledge: anyone can map
- Audric, de Bellefon & Durieux, « Analyse spatiale descriptive », Manuel d'analyse spatiale (Insee Méthodes n° 131), 2018
- Ault, Nam Liao & Musolino, Principles of Data Science, OpenStax, 2025
- Beautiful evidence
- Bertin, Sémiologie graphique, 1967
- Better data visualizations: a guide for scholars, researchers, and wonks
- Building Science Graphics: An Illustrated Guide to Communicating Science through Diagra...
- Cartographies of Time
- Cartography: thematic map design
- Computational statistics in data science
- Data points: visualization that means something
- Data sketches
- Data visualisation: a handbook for data driven design
- Data visualization handbook
- Data visualization: a practical introduction
- Data-driven storytelling
- Dehaene, “The Perception of Graphics: A New Instance of Neuronal Recycling”, lecture course at the Collège de France, 2025 (in French)↗
- Design for information: an introduction to the histories, theories, and best practices ...
- Effective data storytelling: how to drive change with data, narrative, and visuals
- Envisioning information
- Exploratory Data Analysis: Descriptive Analysis, Visualization, and Dashboard Design (w...
- Fundamentals of computer graphics
- Graphic presentation
- Graphics for learning: proven guidelines for planning, designing, and evaluating visual...
- Grosjean & Engels, Science des données biologiques I-III (University of Mons)
- Handling and mapping geographic information
- How maps work: representation, visualization, and design
- Info we trust: how to inspire the world with data
- Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference
- Information theory tools for visualization
- Interactive data visualization: foundations, techniques, and applications
- La graphique et le traitement graphique de l'information
- Larmarange et al., analyse-R: introduction to survey analysis with R
- Larmarange, guide-R: analysing survey data with R
- Les fondamentaux de la visualisation de données
- LibreTexts Statistics, textbook chapters on charts
- Magrit user manual, French version (UAR RIATE, CNRS)
- Making and Breaking the Grid, Third Edition
- Manuel de datavisualisation - 2e éd, vol. 2
- Open Visualization Academy, courses and newsletter (Cairo et al.)
- PBIL biostatistics notes (Chessel, Dufour, Thioulouse et al., Lyon 1)
- Progressive Data Analysis: Roadmap and Research Agenda
- Questions in Dataviz: A Design-Driven Process for Data Visualisation
- Rakotomalala, statistics course notes (Université Lyon 2)
- Semiologie graphique: les diagrammes, les réseaux, les cartes.
- Semiology of graphics: diagrams, networks, maps
- Show me the numbers: designing tables and graphs to enlighten
- Storytelling with data: let's practice!
- The art of insight: how great visualization designers think
- The elements of typographic style
- The functional art: an introduction to information graphics and visualization
- The golden age of data visualization: how did we get here?
- The grammar of graphics
- The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Aesthetics
- Thematic Cartography and Geovisualization
- UMATO: Bridging Local and Global Structures for Reliable Visual Analytics With Dimensio...
- utilitR, collaborative R documentation (Insee)
- Visual strategies for biological data
- Visualization Analysis and Design
- Visualization of Time-Oriented Data
- Visualizing with text
Cite this entry
Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/continuity.html
ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. continuity. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/continuity.html
BibTeX
@incollection{taudiere2026-continuity,
author = {Taudière, Adrien},
title = {continuity},
booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
year = {2026},
version = {1.0.0},
publisher = {IdEst},
url = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/continuity.html},
note = {CC0 1.0}
}Page created on 2026-10-13. Text last changed on 2026-11-10. Numbers computed on 2026-10-22.