They look really good. I really enjoy looking at midcentury engineering charts/diagrams and stuff like jeppesen charts. NASA has a lot of good ones. The way the text looks, the line economy, the general aesthetic. Well worth the effort imo!
jstummbillig 42 minutes ago [-]
> A professional draftsman of the 1920's may cringe at the imperfections in my line graph above. They can suck it.
I am willing to suck it but the kerning is still killing me. (I love everything about this btw)
yvdriess 38 minutes ago [-]
And here I thought drawing graphs in TikZ was doing it manually.
Love the article, this is why I browse HN.
dougdude3339 3 days ago [-]
What's been more interesting to me lately than using software to design data visualizations is learning to draw data by hand. It's a time consuming process but incredibly rewarding. The feeling of erasing graphite to reveal clean, crisp lines is something that software cannot recreate.
otherme123 33 minutes ago [-]
What do you use to erase pencil? The words "Using an eraser and a light touch" suggest a gum or a vynil eraser. I make a ball with the kneaded eraser and roll it with the palm against the paper.
mrstorm 15 minutes ago [-]
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Rendered at 10:48:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) with Vercel.
I am willing to suck it but the kerning is still killing me. (I love everything about this btw)
Love the article, this is why I browse HN.