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U2.04

Area charts and the ambiguity of stacking

Cards in this group · 5

  1. U2.04.1Only the bottom series of a stacked chart owns the common baseline
  2. U2.04.2Upper series read only by band thickness, at markedly lower precision
  3. U2.04.3Stacking suits totals, not per-series trends
  4. U2.04.4Percent stacking discards the totals
  5. U2.04.5Stack order decides which series stay readable