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help for scheme_tufte                                              (Ulrich Atz)
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Scheme description:  tufte

    Schemes determine the overall look of a graph; see help for schemes.

    The tufte scheme is

        schemename   foreground  background  description
        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
        tufte        monochrome    white     black/dark gray on white 
                                             with gray axes
                                             and gray background lines
        ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    For instance, you might type

        . graph ..., ...  scheme(tufte)

        . set scheme tufte [, permanently ]

    See help scheme_option and help set_scheme.


Description

    tufte is Ulrich Atz's original personal default scheme. It aims for a
    minimal look with gray background lines and gray axes inspired by Edward
    Tufte (1983). The mother scheme is Stata's s2mono, yet it follows more
    closely Roger Newson's rbn1mono scheme and the even more minimal Svend
    Juul's lean schemes.

    The background is white and the default marker shape is a hollow circle.
    The axis labels use value labels if these exist and the tick labels are
    horizontal for improved readability. The default by-graph style avoids
    clutter. Histograms have light gray bars with white lines that separate
    them. Also the matrix plot is improved by alleviating auxiliary output.
    The default number of columns in a legend is 1, to enable long and
    explicit labels.

    Any of these defaults can be overridden by the user.


References

    Tufte, E. R. (1983). The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.
    Cheshire, CT: Graphics press.

Author

    Ulrich Atz, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.  Email:
    u.atz@lse.ac.uk

Also see

    Manual:  [G] schemes, [G] scheme_option, [G] set scheme

    Online:  help for schemes, scheme_option, set_scheme, scheme_s1mono
             help for scheme_lean and scheme_rbn1mono if installed