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Subject: Re: Presentation Graphics
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Date: Thu, 12-Feb-87 17:03:51 EST
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/ hpsrlc:comp.graphics / zu@ethz.UUCP (Urs Zurbuchen) /  3:08 am  Feb 10, 1987 /
> I'm looking for a book describing the principles of presentation graphics.
> It should explain the following topics:

Tufte, Edward R., "The Visual Displa of Quantitative Information", Graphics
     Press, Cheshire, Connecticut, 1983.

This is an excellent book that covers most of the areas you asked about.
It is definitely NOT a computer-oriented book, but then a computer-orientation
is probably a sure-file way to mess up a USER interface!


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