Briefle words · Data & charts
Legend order
Listing legend entries in the same order the series appear in the chart, so the legend reads as a direct key to the picture.
Say it to an AI
Stacked bars of quarterly revenue by stream with totals above each bar and a vertical legend to the right. Set the legend order to match the stacking order read top to bottom (Merch, Sponsorships, Ads, Subscriptions), not alphabetical, so each entry lines up with its segment.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Revenue streams stack”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Quarterly revenue-mix chart in the finance section of a media company's internal dashboard.
Why: A's four entries run Merch, Sponsorships, Ads, Subscriptions, mirroring the stack from top to bottom; B's run A to S.
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