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Quick answers
When should I pick Vega-Lite grammar?
When the story is: reproducible analysis figures, teaching encodings, notebooks.
When should I avoid Vega-Lite grammar?
Skip it in cases like: you only need one disposable bar for a meeting invite.
Who invented or popularised it?
Vega-Lite from the University of Washington Interactive Data Lab
What does it encode?
unit specifications of mark + encoding channels
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.
Vega-Lite grammar encodes values as unit specifications of mark + encoding channels. Vega-Lite from the University of Washington Interactive Data Lab.
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.
Make shapes, diagrams and charts in the browser. Download SVG or PNG — nothing is uploaded.
Work
- Work 1 — PowerPoint weekly: Vega-Lite grammar for reproducible analysis figures, teaching encodings, notebooks.
- Work 2 — One Vega-Lite grammar on a quarterly bridge or KPI tile — not four.
- Work 3 — Build in Excel or Google Sheets, export SVG/PDF rather than a screenshot.
Ads
- Ads 1 — Meta, Google and retail print: one number, one shape, one arrow.
- Ads 2 — Keep callouts inside safe zones. No type in cropped corners.
- Ads 3 — If Vega-Lite grammar will not fit a banner, keep the number and show the chart on the landing page.
School
- School 1 — lab reports and poster boards: does Vega-Lite grammar answer the rubric?
- School 2 — Axis names, units, a source line. Markers read them.
- School 3 — Start with a mind map if you must; submit a figure that reads like Vega-Lite grammar.
Steps
- Steps 1 — Write the claim in one sentence.
- Steps 2 — Check that Vega-Lite grammar fits the claim. If not, switch.you only need one disposable bar for a meeting invite
- Steps 3 — Draw it flat in Excel or Google Sheets or PowerPoint.
- Steps 4 — Direct labels, faint grid, claim-title.
- Steps 5 — Check greyscale and a color-blind simulator.
- Steps 6 — Add source, period, units; export SVG/PDF.
Vega-Lite grammar: honour unit specifications of mark + encoding channels, and switch when you only need one disposable bar for a meeting invite.