The Functional Art
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While I really love Tufte's books, for more direct advice I recommend Albert Cairo's The Functional Art. I don't remember discussion of fonts offhand, but everything else in your list is covered. Several of the other comments, such as Wilkinson's GoG or Cleveland's research, I don't think make sense as…
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