RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Biderman, Albert D. YR 1979 T1 The graph as a victim of adverse discrimination and segregation: Comment occasioned by the first issue of information design journal JF Information Design Journal VO 1 IS 4 SP 232 OP 241 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.1.4.03bid PB John Benjamins SN 0142-5471, AB Constraints of typography have led to the physical segregation of diagrammatic treatments of information from the linear alphanumerics that have dominated scientific communication. Information Design Journal reflects these constraints. The segregated and subordinated status of graphics is metaphorically compared here to the cultural roles of women and minorities. Aspects of graphics treated include the retardation of their intellectual development and influence; their relegation to relatively tangential, simplistic and ornamental functions; and prevalent suspicions regarding their deceptiveness. However, technology now makes it possible to reintegrate graphics into the mainstream of intellectual communication., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/idj.1.4.03bid