[HN Gopher] Math augmentations - 16 visual design practices to e...
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       Math augmentations - 16 visual design practices to enhance formulas
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       Author : kwinkunks
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2022-04-29 17:54 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | gowld wrote:
       | The two-column paper is such a terrible format for scientific
       | exposition, especially for a paper about visualization.
        
         | JellyBeanThief wrote:
         | Single-column would require the font size to be increased to
         | keep to optimal line length (https://baymard.com/blog/line-
         | length-readability), and increasing the font size would require
         | more paper when printed.
        
         | alanbernstein wrote:
         | I like multiple columns. There is a reason that newspapers and
         | many magazines have settled on that, and it's about
         | readability. I wish more websites would do the same. What is
         | your issue with two columns for papers?
        
       | lwerdna wrote:
       | Related: https://betterexplained.com/articles/colorized-math-
       | equation...
        
       | Q6T46nT668w6i3m wrote:
       | I absolutely love the use of simple shapes in notation (fig. 5)
       | and am absolutely stoked this is becoming more and more popular.
        
       | kwinkunks wrote:
       | Related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH8z1IbXelk
        
         | jimhefferon wrote:
         | Thanks. Very useful link.
        
       | 2bitlobster wrote:
       | lost me with text set in cyan
        
         | idoubtit wrote:
         | I have a slight color deficiency, so the sample formula and
         | paragraph are a bit hard to read for me, especially the
         | paragraph. Up to 8% of male adults suffer from this, at various
         | levels, so I'm surprised the authors did not mention this
         | problem.
         | 
         | Another point is that their choice of colors seems to mix
         | various luminosity levels. So I suppose that, even for someone
         | without color blindness, some colored texts are are much more
         | visible than others. I doubt this hierarchy was intended.
        
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