Types of graphics
Graphics of various types appear in documents of a (not only) scientific nature. It is not always appropriate, necessary or desirable to prepare them in a tactile form. In pedagogical practice we can thus encounter the following types (the boundaries between them are not always sharp).
- Aesthetic graphics
The graphics have almost no information value. Their role is to make the content more attractive.
2. Illustrative graphics
2. Illustrative graphics
Their role is to make the content more comprehensible.
3. Graphics structuring the information
3. Graphics structuring the information
Schemes or other kind of graphics describing relations.
4. Informative graphics
4. Informative graphics
This graphic can exist independently, introducing new information that is not available elsewhere in this form.
5. Graphics with social role
5. Graphics with social role
The graphic does not carry any essential information, but is intended to generate discussion about the content.