@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ graphs and saved them as PDF. When I found
[`tikzplotlib`](https://github.com/nschloe/tikzplotlib) {% cite SchlomerNicoa %} I found it to be awesome but needing a few tweaks. `tikzplotlib` is a Python tool for converting `matplotlib` figures into PGFPlots {% cite Feuersanger2014 %} figures for inclusion into LaTeX documents.
If there's one thing I loath (and you should too), it's _chartjunk_
{% cite tufte2001visual %}. We should avoid _chartjunk_ at all cost.
{% cite Tufte:1986:VDQ:33404 %}. We should avoid _chartjunk_ at all cost.
_Chartjunk_ is everything in your figure that dilutes your message and adds
confusion {% cite Rougier2014 %}. Before `tikzplotlib`, I spent a lot of time
styling individual plots with `matplotlib`. With `tikzplotlib` we can put most
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@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ avoiding _chartjunk_. It also listed a few good tools, among others
`matplotlib`, TikZ and PGF, but didn't tell us how to use them.
The entire library of work by Edward Tufte is hugely inspirational to us.
{% cite tufte2001visual %} tells us not to put too much ink on the paper and
{% cite Tufte:1986:VDQ:33404 %} tells us not to put too much ink on the paper and
gives us examples on how to achieve this.
{% cite Vandenbroucke2019 %} teaches us how to use TikZ for non-plots.
