Observable Plot kit in 2020: Shared baseline

Skip it in cases like: you must match a heavy enterprise dashboard kit pixel-for-pixel. Observable Plot continues the D3 grammar with less boilerplate mark layers over tidy columns with automatic scales 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. Observable Plot kit: honour mark layers over tidy columns with automatic scales, and switch when you must match a heavy enterprise dashboard kit pixel-for-pixel.

The core mark of Observable Plot kit is mark layers over tidy columns with automatic scales. analysis write-ups, student labs, exploratory office charts The eye compares length and position more accurately than area. PowerPoint, Excel or Google Sheets and Meta, Google and retail print share the same geometry.