Arrows & connectors in : Encoding
Arrows & connectors decides what is being compared in under “Encoding.” The figure that must stay on the axis is 20. Drawing it larger does not create a unit. Look first for a cut axis and a missing key. In reports, ads and assignments it fits sequence, cause, download/click targets, map flow. Skip it when every object has an arrow — then none of them mean anything.
When the story is: sequence, cause, download/click targets, map flow. When should I avoid Arrows & connectors? Skip it in cases like: every object has an arrow — then none of them mean anything. Heraldic piles and map north arrows; modern CTA chevrons from 20th-c. print ads a shaft plus a head that assigns sequence or cause
Yes if one claim is visible at a glance in Meta, Google and retail print; otherwise link to a full figure. Yes for lab reports and poster boards if axes, units and a source line are present. Excel or Google Sheets or PowerPoint; export SVG/PDF. Do not rely on hue alone. Label directly and check greyscale.
Arrows & connectors: honour a shaft plus a head that assigns sequence or cause, and switch when every object has an arrow — then none of them mean anything. The core mark of Arrows & connectors is a shaft plus a head that assigns sequence or cause. sequence, cause, download/click targets, map flow
Read Arrows & connectors as , “Encoding,” and 20. A bar with no unit is not those three.20
Figures to keep
- Year of the chart
- 20
- Axis figure
- 20
- Chart
- Arrows & connectors
- How to read it
- Encoding