Simmonds Charts & Graphs

Guidelines for the visual presentation of statistical data in the life sciences
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-94-011-7900-3
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 93 Seiten, eBook

This book has been compiled by professional members interesting journey. If this initial and fleeting moment, of the Institute of Medical and Biological Illustration. It in which the eye 'questions' the object is lost the data is intended as a guide for persons preparing charts and or information may be shunned for ever as being graphs for publication or teaching slides by listing and boring. Good design aids the selection of a prime point describing some of the major limitations which must be and assists the journey all the way to its conclusion. observed if the visual presentation of data is to be Even tables can be made interesting by applying some legible and easily comprehended. The application of of the principles described in this book. standards to the production of medical and biological graphics is long overdue and it is hoped that this book An illegible or badly designed illustration antagonizes will not only help the amateur who is preparing his or the reader or viewer and can thus be a serious her own illustrations, but that it will also serve as a disadvantage to its author. A bad reputation is always reminder to the professional illustrator. We hope also hard to lose. It is most important to realize right from the that the publication of these standards might en start that legibility in one form does not automatically courage the editors of journals to standardize on their imply legibility in another.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simmonds, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Publication.- Introduction—print area—lettering—size of original and its reduction—line thickness—tone—key symbols—original or copies—photographstables—‘camera-ready copy’—suitable materials—co-operation with the publisher.- Copyright.- Copies—lectures—plagiarizing the work of others—publication rights—freelance illustrators—infringements of copyright—agreements—fees—photographers.- Slides.- Introduction—functions, types and limitations—factors affecting design—photography—comparable results.- Artwork for Television.- Introduction—TV format and frame filling black- and-white tones—colour—minimum line thickness—lettering.- Tape/Slide Programmes.- Introduction—script—format—slide change screen size colour—type style—photography.- Type and Its USE.- Introduction—type—type usage—tables.- Charts and Graphs.- Introduction—general factors—graphs—scatter-graphs circular graphs.- Histograms, Column and Bar Charts.- Histograms—bar charts—column charts—area charts—notes concerning the illustration of percentages—labelling of axes in per centnomograms—pyramid graphs—pictograms—flow charts—genealogy charts—organization charts—using the third dimension.- Appendices.- 1. Some SI units and abbreviations in common use.- 2. Greek alphabet.- 3. Flow chart symbols.- 4. The use of some important chemical symbols.- 5. Amino acid residues.- 6. International paper sizes.- 7. Materials and equipment.- 8. Recommended suppliers (UK).- 9. Major manufacturers of dry transfer (rub down) lettering and symbols.- 10. Sources and reference works.