Using text in visualizations for micro/macro readings

This paper presents techniques for creating micro/macro encoding in text visualization using text and font-attributes. Alphanumeric Marks increase information density in standard plots using alphanumeric markers to provide additional micro-level information. In-Context Representations layer additional macro-level data into traditional text lists and blocks using font-based attributes to make high-level patterns easily perceivable. This is a work in progress with novel design contributions regarding generalized use of text and font attributes in visualization.