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FT Visual Vocabulary

Financial Times poster and source files classifying chart types by the relationship they express, plus Chart Doctor examples.

Why it’s a gem

The single best 'which chart do I use' artefact, from a working newsroom

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Author
Financial Times (@FT)
Type
GitHub repository
License
MIT
Added
Aug 17, 2026
Domain
github.com
chart-choicetaxonomyeditorialposter

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