This typeface translates tiny charts in text without using code. Data design company After the Flood created a font called AtF Spark to address the problem of incorporating high-level data insights into feeds without Javascript by enabling people to communicate this sort of quantitative information on the web without coding.
Tiny charts in text (or sparklines) are a data visualization tool that increase understanding and the London-based studio want to make them more accessible with their numbers-transforming opentype font. AtF Sparkface turns a series of numbers into a graph in the middle of your sentence and works across a variety of web browsers, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Word and other platforms. You can download it for free from their website.
Mini Chart-Inserting Typefaces
AfT Spark Visualizes Data by Putting Tiny Charts Into Text
Trend Themes
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