reimagine-it-infographic

name	reimagine-it-infographic
description	Content-derived infographic poster — reads the source file and builds a statistical poster from the facts already in it. Not a dashboard, not a CV, not an AntV template. Uses common-scale encodings (Cleveland–McGill floor), ISOTYPE unit counts (Neurath), custom data glyphs (Lupi/Fragapane), and a lossless data table. Palette, glyphs, and composition are derived from the source's own content. No pies, donuts, gauges, 3D charts, or fabricated KPIs. Part of the reimagine-it Content-Derived Design suite.
license	MIT
metadata	{"author":"Kayforkind","version":"2.11.0","parent":"reimagine-it","hosts":["claude-code","cursor","codex","copilot","gemini-cli"]}
keywords	["infographic","data-visualization","statistical-poster","isotype","content-derived-design","cleveland-mcgill","tufte","data-humanism"]
category	Design
capabilities	["infographic-creation","data-visualization","statistical-poster-design","isotype-generation","custom-glyph-creation"]
trigger_phrases	["/reimagine-it infographic","make an infographic","create a data poster","statistical poster","visualize this data","info graphic"]

/reimagine-it infographic

Parent: ../SKILL.md — the full Content-Derived Design engine. Research pack: ../references/research/infographic-craft.md — 15-source infographic method (Cleveland–McGill, Tufte, Bertin, ISOTYPE, Minard/Snow, Cairo, Lupi, FT Visual Vocabulary, USWDS, WCAG charts, InfoAlign layouts). Domain pack: ../references/domains/infographic.md — the infographic domain non-negotiables.

Builds a statistical poster of facts already in the source — not an ops dashboard, not a CV, not an AntV template clone.

Hard non-negotiables

1. Cleveland–McGill perceptual ranking. Position along a common scale > length > angle > area > volume > color saturation. Encode the most important comparisons as positions, not pies.
2. ISOTYPE unit counts when the data is discrete countable things (Neurath: one pictogram = N units, repeated, not scaled).
3. Custom glyphs from the source. Lupi/Fragapane pattern — draw a visual alphabet from the data itself (leaves, braids, snakes, whatever the content demands), not generic bar/pie/donut.
4. Lossless data table. Every chart has a companion table; the infographic is a supplement to the data, not a replacement.
5. No pies, donuts, gauges, or 3D charts. Pie charts rank last in Cleveland–McGill; donuts are pies with the center punched out (worse); 3D distorts perception.
6. No fabricated KPIs. Every number on the poster comes from the source, not extrapolated or invented.

Structure router

Before drawing, sniff the source and lock a structure:

Structure	When	InfoAlign scenery
list	Unordered peers	grid, star
sequence	Steps / dated beats	portrait, landscape
hierarchy	Tree / nesting	portrait
compare	Two+ groups	portrait-grid