Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts

by Willard Cope Brinton (Creator)

Publisher

This Title is part of the "HardPress Classics Series." In this series we are bringing a treasure throve of old books back into print using our own state-of-the-art techniques. Since we are working with old material - occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these reproductions. We have managed to fix the vast majority of issues though, and we believe these books deserve to be persevered for future generations to enjoy.

Genres: Design, Nonfiction

396 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1919

Reviews

[Milkiways · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gave this book 3 stars due to its style and core principles of data reading. From content-wise, there has been enormous progress after this book. So, most of the work presented here is obsoleted. Nonetheless, basic principles of graphical representation of complex data can still be applied to the current needs of viz communications. Furthermore, if you like to look at the very first book on the topic then it is worth a read.

Caution: The online copy was too painful to read.

[Alok · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a true classic, like many books of this era many things that are mentioned with great care in this book are now redundant and archaic.
This book still can serve as a great foundation to begin learning graphic methods or Data-viz

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