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Sparkline is a name proposed by Edward Tufte for "small, high resolution graphics embedded in a context of words, numbers, images"[1]. Edward Rolf Tufte (IPA /ˈtʌf. ...


Tufte describes sparklines as "data-intense, design-simple, word-sized graphics"[1]. Whereas the typical chart is designed to show as much data as possible, and is set off from the flow of text, sparklines are intended to be succinct, memorable, and located where they are discussed. Their use inline usually means that they are about the same height as the surrounding text.

Sparklines
U.S. stock market activity (February 7, 2006)
Index Day Value Change
Dow Jones Image:Sparkline dowjones.svg 10765.45 −32.82 (−0.30%)
S&P 500 Image:Sparkline sp500.svg 1256.92 −8.10 (−0.64%)
Nasdaq 2244.83 −13.97 (−0.62%)

Image File history File links Sparkline_dowjones. ... Image File history File links Sparkline_sp500. ... Image File history File links Sparkline_nasdaq. ...

References

  1. ^ a b Tufte, E: "Beautiful Evidence". Graphics Pr, 2006

External links

  • Edward Tufte's explanation of sparklines
  • Perl Module to create sparklines
  • Sparkline PHP library, software for making sparklines
  • Sparklines Graphs for Ruby (also has a Ruby on Rails plugin).
  • Javascript Sparklines Library in Canvas/SVG
  • MicroCharts Sparkline Add-In for Excel

  Results from FactBites:
 
Sparkline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (140 words)
Sparklines are a format developed by Edward Tufte for small graphic charts which can be inserted within text on a page.
Sparklines for Excel, a Microsoft Excel add-in for automatically generating sparklines in Excel (uses Bissantz Sparkfonts).
Sparklines for Java, a Java library and JSTL taglib for producing sparklines.
Tufte Sparklines Photoshop Script (954 words)
A sparkline is a small line graph designed to be used in-line within text to illustrate a time series; the concept was developed by data presentation guru Edward Tufte.
One advantage of sparklines' compactness is that several can be used together to allow at-a-glance comparison between a set of time series.
Sparklines are tangentially related to photography - they are used alongside images as a graphical design element in qualitative and quantitative analysis.
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