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October 15, 2025Open Access

An Analysis of Text Functions in Information Visualization

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CSChase StokesAAAnjana ArunkumarMHMarti A. Hearst

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Overview

Framework identifies text functions and design strategies in visualizations, suggesting nuanced roles of text.

Key Points

  • The analysis of 120 visualizations shows ten distinct text functions, highlighting the diversity of text roles.
  • Identified patterns reveal four design strategies including Annotation-Centric Design and Narrative Framing.
  • Previous frameworks are enhanced with new insights on text multifunctionality and features of title rhetoric.
  • Findings emphasize text's flexibility in communicating and framing visual information in effective ways.

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Stokes et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ef858cc6a308ba063557a5https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2507.12334
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