Briefle words · Data & charts
Tick marks
The small marks or labelled positions along an axis that show where specific values fall; a handful at round intervals is the norm.
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Weekly bar chart of average delivery minutes for the last eight weeks with a takeaway title. Keep gridlines and tick labels sparse: four tick marks at 0, 20, 40 and 60 with faint gridlines and a slightly darker zero baseline, week start dates under the bars.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Delivery time chart”.
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Try it as a puzzle →Weekly performance chart in the operations dashboard of a same-day courier company.
Why: A has four at 0, 20, 40, 60; B has fourteen at every multiple of 5 up to 65.
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