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Quick answers
When should I pick Resume infographic recipe?
When the story is: students, freelancers, career switchers.
When should I avoid Resume infographic recipe?
Skip it in cases like: ATS-only plain text is required and graphics would be stripped.
Who invented or popularised it?
Studio craft combining grids, type ramps and open icon sets
What does it encode?
layout blocks + modest quantitative bars + icon row
Is it OK in ads?
Yes if one claim is visible at a glance in Meta, Google and retail print; otherwise link to a full figure.
Will a teacher accept it?
Yes for lab reports and poster boards if axes, units and a source line are present.
Resume infographic recipe encodes values as layout blocks + modest quantitative bars + icon row. Studio craft combining grids, type ramps and open icon sets.
In reports, ads and assignments it fits students, freelancers, career switchers. Skip it when ATS-only plain text is required and graphics would be stripped.
Rules
- Rules 1 — Use layout blocks + modest quantitative bars + icon row as one channel, not two.
- Rules 2 — Direct labels beat a distant legend.
- Rules 3 — Do not hide zero. If you break the axis, say so.
- Rules 4 — Colour encodes category or magnitude, not both.
- Rules 5 — Put the claim in the title, not just "Resume infographic recipe".
- Rules 6 — Source and period, even in small type.
Palette
- Palette 1 — Categories: distinct hues. Sequences: one hue, changing value.
- Palette 2 — Diverging: a neutral centre, emphasis at both ends.
- Palette 3 — One brand colour plus greys beats a rainbow.
- Palette 4 — Check contrast on a projector and in greyscale print.
Type
- Type 1 — Tabular figures for numbers. Do not pour body copy into the chart.
- Type 2 — Titles as sentences; axes as short nouns.
- Type 3 — For CJK, drop weight one step and leave tracking.
Resume infographic recipe: honour layout blocks + modest quantitative bars + icon row, and switch when ATS-only plain text is required and graphics would be stripped.