An empirical study on using visual embellishments in visualization

• Main Authors: Borgo, R., Abdul-Rahman, A., Mohamed, Farhan, Grant, P. W., Reppa, I., Floridi, L., Chen, M.
• Format: Article
• Published: IEEE Computer Society 2012
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32898/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2012.197

In written and spoken communications, ?gures of speech (e.g., metaphors and synecdoche) are often used as an aid to help convey abstract or less tangible concepts. However, the bene?ts of using rhetorical illustrations or embellishments in visualization have so far been inconclusive. In this work, w...