Designing Information Material

Designing Information Material 4(1+3)

Lesson 7: Handling Numbers and Quantitative Expressions Tables and Charts

Introduction

Numerical data and information can be presented in tables and in graphs. A table is an information material must have good legibility. Therefore the information designer should:

Tables

• Use type between 8 and 12-point size for table cells.
  
• Use vertically oriented tables.
  
• Use rounded off numbers.