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    • Information Visualization

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    • Existing chart tools offer limited customization, restricting novel chart creation.
    • Authors often need to code or use predefined templates for complex visualizations.

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    • Introduce Charticulator, an interactive tool for bespoke chart layout design.
    • Enable the creation of novel and reusable chart designs without programming.
    • Facilitate the articulation of compound marks, glyphs, and links.

    Main Methods:

    • Transforming chart specifications into mathematical layout constraints.
    • Employing a constraint-solving algorithm for automatic layout computation.
    • Developing an interactive authoring interface for visual design.

    Main Results:

    • Charticulator allows for the creation of complex, custom chart layouts.
    • Generated designs can be exported as reusable templates for other tools.
    • User study and click-count comparisons demonstrated usability and efficiency.

    Conclusions:

    • Charticulator empowers users to create unique visualizations beyond predefined templates.
    • The constraint-based approach offers flexibility and reusability in chart design.
    • The tool has potential for advancing interactive data visualization and custom chart creation.