see also recent related:
Chart.xkcd – library that plots charts in Xkcd sketch/cartoon/hand-drawn style
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21566084
RoughViz: JS library for creating sketchy/hand-drawn style charts in the browser
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Re: RoughViz: JS library for creating sketchy/hand-drawn style charts in the browser
#12lol `roughness: 20`
Re: RoughViz: JS library for creating sketchy/hand-drawn style charts in the browser
#13This looks nice, but even if I was wasted I could probably draw some straighter bar graphs than that.
Re: RoughViz: JS library for creating sketchy/hand-drawn style charts in the browser
#14lol `roughness: 20`
They say if you whip the data hard enough, they will confess to anything.
Re: RoughViz: JS library for creating sketchy/hand-drawn style charts in the browser
#15If the "hand-drawn diagram" look appeals to you and you're a Visio user, you can get this look in Visio 2016. Design tab > Themes > Hand-drawn.
Re: RoughViz: JS library for creating sketchy/hand-drawn style charts in the browser
#16So the has the term sketchy fallen out of use as a slang-term for untrustworthy?
That's the most common informal meaning of the word. The most common formal meaning is "not thorough or detailed", which approaches but doesn't quite capture it's use here (i.e. "looks like a hand-drawn sketch").
Re: RoughViz: JS library for creating sketchy/hand-drawn style charts in the browser
#17> Use these charts where the communication goal is to show intent or generality, and not absolute precision. Or just because they're fun and look weird. I love the intent and execution behind this. The implication of imprecision in the underlying data through rough looking "hand drawn" charts and graphs is a really smart design hack.
>he implication of imprecision in the underlying data through rough looking "hand drawn" charts and graphs is a really smart design hack.
The same approach could be used for mockup apps/websites
Re: RoughViz: JS library for creating sketchy/hand-drawn style charts in the browser
#18So the has the term sketchy fallen out of use as a slang-term for untrustworthy?
I'd take sketchy over sketcherly any day.
Re: RoughViz: JS library for creating sketchy/hand-drawn style charts in the browser
#19lol `roughness: 20`
I love the idea of sleepily putting together some charts for management and accidentally making 2 into 22 and being too tired to realize
Re: RoughViz: JS library for creating sketchy/hand-drawn style charts in the browser
#20This looks nice, but even if I was wasted I could probably draw some straighter bar graphs than that.
You can control promil level.