Arrows & connectors in : Encoding · 293

Direction is an argument — ads, slides and worksheets live or die on the arrow. Arrows & connectors encodes values as a shaft plus a head that assigns sequence or cause. Heraldic piles and map north arrows; modern CTA chevrons from 20th-c. print ads. 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.

This page gathers anatomy, fit, craft, failure modes and work / ads / school recipes for Arrows & connectors. When should I pick Arrows & connectors? 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.