Short history of infographics

Nowadays, infographics and pictograms are greatly used by the people all over the world, and seen by almost everyone in commercial places, public facilities and residential areas.

Both infographics and pictograms have been used for hundreds or even thousands of years, with various marks they created a ‘cave painting’, as well as hieroglyphics in Ancient Egypt. Now, we see infographics and pictograms commonly used as signs, warnings or other markers in public places. Infographics are widely used, in news media, education, documentaries, television, mapmaking, mathematics, travel, medicine, politics and even religion.

No aspect of our lives are untouched by the application of infographics, simply because they convey knowledge and advice in a form which the human brain readily recognizes and associates with the information behind the representation – known as visualization. A modernity of infographics can help to spread your message and attract attention from readers through print, video and web design infographics.

A brief description of infographics

Information graphics, or better known as infographics, is a visual representation of information, data, or knowledge. A graphic is used when a complex piece of information needs to be described precisely, clearly and will not confuse people when they read it.

Traditionally infographics are considered as visual elements like signs, graphics, maps or diagrams which are used as media to help people to understand the meaning of text-based content. This information visualization focuses on representing a particular sequence of data or specific information from statistical data. Usually it will look similar to a graphic or diagram, and nowadays infographics look more creative and imaginative.

 

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