Briefle words · Data & charts
Label density
How many data points carry a printed value; the aim is enough anchors to read the chart, not a number on every point.
Say it to an AI
Two-week daily steps card with the daily average as the headline and a small line chart below. Keep label density low: data labels (value labels) only on the first point, the peak and the last point, with larger dots on those three, and date ticks at the start, middle and end.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Daily steps chart”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Two-week step-count card in a fitness tracking app.
Why: B prints 8.1k, 13.4k and 8.9k; A prints all fourteen values in a row along the line.
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Room 4 · Labels & annotations
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