Tag:tufte
All the articles with the tag "tufte".
Slopegraphs in Python – The Great Refactor
Despite being on holiday, I had a spare hour to refactor the code (@mrshrbrmstr was joining the 1% in the hotel spa). It's up on github and now sports a spiffy JSON-format config file. You now must execute the slopegraph.py script with a "…
Slopegraphs in Python – Attention to Detail
In the previous installment , a foundation was laid for "parameterizing" fonts, colors and overall slopegraph size. However, a big failing in all this code (up until now) was the reliance on character string length to determine label…
Slopegraphs In Python – colors, fonts & alignment
On the heels of last evening's release of Slopegraphs in Python post comes some minor…
Slopegraphs in Python
I've been a bit obsessed with slopegraphs (a.k.a "Tufte table-chart") of late and very dissatisfied with the lack of tools to make this particular visualization tool more prevalent. While my ultimate goal is to have a user-friendly modern…