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Designing Infographics on the Web

This guide provides a list of resources for learning about and creating infographics.

Introduction

Infogram has become a leader in the data visualization field. It is especially good for web content and specializes in interactive charts, graphs, and maps. It can also be connected with a Google account to create live data which automatically updates when changes are made to the source material. A free plugin makes it easy to incorporate your material into a Wordpress blog. It uses a drag and drop method to insert content to the infographic and is an easy program to learn.

Strengths

  • Over 40 fonts to choose from
  • User-friendly design
  • A variety of tutorials are available
  • Over 40 chart types to choose from
  • Ability to add alternate text (alt text) to images
  • Can import data directly from a spreadsheet (Google Spreadsheets, Excel, JSON feed, Dropbox)

Drawbacks

  • Download only available through premium account
  • Limit to 10 visuals/projects
  • Limited number of free templates
  • Limited customization possibilities

 

The Benefits of Premium Accounts

Free:

  • Storage - 10 projects
  • Download Formats - Unavailable
  • Watermark - Yes
  • Content - 50+ charts, 13 maps - world, United States, continents
  • Privacy - public

Pro (Premium or Business):

  • Storage - 100 projects (premium) or 1000 projects (business)
  • Download Formats - PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF
  • Watermark - None
  • Content - Additional charts, 800+ maps, 100+ templates, Privacy control
  • Privacy - Private and Public

Sample Interactive Map