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visual variables: a standalone construct

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Information design

set of graphic properties, defined by Bertin, such as position, size, value, texture, colour, orientation and shape, used to encode data in maps and diagrams.

In information design, visual variables refers to set of graphic properties, defined by Bertin, such as position, size, value, texture, colour, orientation and shape, used to encode data in maps and diagrams. This meaning comes from Bertin (1967/1983) in Semiology of graphics.[1]

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Bertin, J. (1983). Semiology of graphics: Diagrams, networks, maps (W. J. Berg, Trans.). University of Wisconsin Press. (Original work published 1967) ISBN 9780299090609

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