A subjective and practical guide on what to do if you want to create data visualizations yourself (including lots of exercises and examples!)

Sans-serif or serif typefaces? Lining or oldstyle figures? Narrow or wide? We explain which fonts work best for data visualizations.

Natural, Quantiles, Linear, Custom – which option is the best for your map?

Let’s look at 100 data visualizations from advanced data vis designers and beginners. Which background colors do they use – and why?

The best of last week’s big and small data visualizations

Reporting on election polls can be misleading. But a few simple fixes go a long way — so your readers see facts, not magic.

If you use a quantitative color scale, you need to decide if you want to split your values into brackets.

From hues to gradient types this four-part series goes deep on what color scales work with what data.

Choosing good colors for your charts is hard. This article tries to make it easier.

Once upon a time, I tweeted on an urgent matter. "Can somebody tell me how to get better with color?".