2022-02-05

figures for a paper

I'm trying to finalize the figures for my paper with Megan Bedell (Flatiron) about measuring radial velocities precisely. I have so many considerations for figures, and they get a bit challenging: Figures should be readable, unambiguously on a black-and-white printer or display. Figures should have aspect ratios such that they can be cut easily into presentation slides. Figures should have large text such that they are readable at a glance. Ink on figures should be used in proportion to the importance of the point being made (more ink on more important data, for example). Data should always be dark and black-ish, models can be light and colored. Figures should be readable by people with (at least) the most common form of color-blindness. Lines and points should be distinguished not just by hue but also by value. The same quantities on different plots should be plotted in the same point or line style and the same color, with the same label and same range. And so on!

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