critique

principle of proportional ink

also: proportional ink

The inked area representing a value must be proportional to that value.

principe de l'encre proportionnelle

La surface encrée qui code une valeur doit être proportionnelle à cette valeur.

D'où les barres qui partent de zéro : une barre tronquée code deux valeurs contradictoires par sa longueur et par son extrémité. Un point ne code que sa position et échappe à la règle.

Classification

critique

Attestation

French term: Common usage, not attested by a source
English definition: Wilke, Fundamentals of Data Visualization, O'Reilly, 2019

Sources (1)

Wilke, Fundamentals of Data Visualization, O'Reilly, 2019

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ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. principle of proportional ink. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/principle-of-proportional-ink.html

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