I agree that Latinate species and genus names deserve to be
in italic when included on graphs. Good point.
The bigger need long-term, in my view, is for Stata graphics
to give support for more symbols, including at least some
mathematical typesetting and the Greek alphabet. The thing I
most frequently want to do, but can't, is superscript "-1", "-2", etc.
My facetious name for the school I am inventing
should not be over-interpreted. Just saying "Tufte"
is enough of a signal to many, but I fired a
shotgun hoping to hit a target with most list
members.
Nick
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Ron�n Conroy
> On 26 Ean 2006, at 13:55, n j cox wrote:
>
> > On a different level, we could all throw our prejudices
> > on the matter into the ring. My own line as a scientist,
> > including roles as reader, author, reviewer/referee
> > and member of editorial boards, is that in science (broad
> > sense) graph designers should stick to one font throughout.
> > But then I cleave to the minimalist-Tufte-Shaker-Bauhaus school
> > of graph design.
>
>
> There are valid reasons for having italics at your disposal.
> Traditionally they are used for foreign language words and phrases.
> These are common in biology, where many critters are referred to by
> their latin titles and these are, by convention, placed in italics.
> The names, of course, not the critters, who couldn't care less.
>
> By the way, if it's minimalist, why has it such a long name?
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