Edward Tufte data–ink ratio

‘Tufte defines the data-ink ratio as the amount of data-ink divided by the total ink required to print the graphic’ … He puts forward the following five principles related to data-ink:

• Above all else, show data
• Maximize the data-ink ratio
• Erase non-data-ink
• Erase redundant data-ink
• Revise and edit

From https://towardsdatascience.com/little-known-ways-to-make-your-data-visualization-awesome-890d71b6e365

See information design, design, information graphics, typography, Edward Tufte

References

https://infovis-wiki.net/wiki/Data-Ink_Ratio