Design Considerations on Glyph Placement Strategies

While glyph design is well researched and several placement techniques have been suggested, how to place glyphs in practice is not straightforward. Based on literature, we structure the problem space of glyph placement in three main categories: context-driven placement, placement of data collections, and placement of data samples. Following this categorization, we discuss several design considerations. Additionally, we highlight dependencies on task, user and data that prohibit the formulation of generally applicable guidelines.