Comparison charts
A comparison sheet is not a table with numbers in it. It is an arrangement that makes a quantity felt — the A series drawn at true relative size so the halving rule is obvious at a glance, fruit lined up so that a difference in sugar is a length rather than a figure.
That is a kind, not a style: a comparison can be plain vector work or fully illustrated. What it cannot be is a list, because a list is precisely the thing it exists to replace.
They work best where a decision gets made — beside a printer, in a kitchen, at a dressing table.
TEA PLANT CULTIVARS
assamica against sinensis · leaves at one scale · six cultivars
SUGAR IN FRUIT
grams of natural sugar per 100 g of fresh fruit — and how much water sits beside it
THE VERTICAL PLANET
from the Challenger Deep to the summit of Everest · one scale, nothing compressed
BALLS BY THE RULES
eleven sports at true relative size — circumference, mass, pressure, and who sets them
PAPER SIZES
the A series · from A0 to A6
MOTORCYCLE CLASSES
rake, trail, wheelbase and seat height — six classes drawn at one scale