Bridging the gap between numeric and visual representations
FatFonts is a graphical technique conceived and developed by Miguel Nacenta, Uta Hinrichs, and Sheelagh Carpendale. For a more detailed description of the technique and how to use it, click here, in the image below, or go to FatFonts in the menu.
Below are news related to the FatFonts project.
Santiago Ortiz discusses FatFonts in his lovely article on “45 Ways to Communicate Two Quantities” on visual.ly
In his article, Ortiz sets out to “find all possible ways to visualize a small data set of two numbers”. He ends up exploring 45 visual representations – FatFonts is one of them (#45). The article stimulates an interesting discussion about scalability, context and possibilities to combine different visual representations.
FatFonts have been featured in the Calgary Herald and, a bit earlier, on UofC today.
FatFonts are featured on FastCompany’s blog on business + innovation + design.
FatFonts are featured on Calculated Images, a blog by Richard Wheeler, who helped us convert some of our FatFont types into regular font files. Thanks again, Richard!
FatFonts are featured on infosthetics.com, Andrew Vande Moere’s blog on information aesthetics.
With the help of Richard Wheeler, we have created regular FatFont font files that you can install on your computer.
Please, check the new downloads page, and the instructions on how to use them.
