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Vega-Lite grammar in 2016: Fit

Decoration rarely persuades; it slows reading. Keep Vega-Lite grammar with “Fit” and 2016 from 2016. Perspective distortion wrecks comparison. Keep it flat. Do not stack stories. One Vega-Lite grammar, one claim.

In reports, ads and assignments it fits reproducible analysis figures, teaching encodings, notebooks. Skip it when you only need one disposable bar for a meeting invite. This page gathers anatomy, fit, craft, failure modes and work / ads / school recipes for Vega-Lite grammar. When the story is: reproducible analysis figures, teaching encodings, notebooks.

Skip it in cases like: you only need one disposable bar for a meeting invite. Vega-Lite from the University of Washington Interactive Data Lab unit specifications of mark + encoding channels 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. Vega-Lite grammar: honour unit specifications of mark + encoding channels, and switch when you only need one disposable bar for a meeting invite.

Keep axis, unit, and year. If “Fit” is the axis, the figure is 2016 and the year is 2016. Keep Vega-Lite grammar with “Fit” and 2016 from 2016. 20162016

Figures to keep

Year of the chart
2016
Axis figure
2016
Chart
Vega-Lite grammar
How to read it
Fit

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