Word Cloud — Topic Emphasis (Infographic)
Best for: a small thematic vocabulary where prominence and visual emphasis matter more than exact ranking Avoid when: the audience needs precise numeric comparison or a very large, noisy vocabulary Answers: which terms dominate attention, and which supporting terms still appear in the landscape
infographic chart-wordcloud
theme
colorPrimary #2b66c4
palette
- #2b66c4
- #2f9e44
- #f3a33c
- #d1242f
- #7048e8
- #0f9b9b
- #c16f8a
- #7c5a3d
data
title Topic Emphasis
desc The main themes appearing in recent platform review notes
values
- label Reliability
value 86
- label Automation
value 72
- label Security
value 64
- label Latency
value 58
- label Identity
value 55
- label Queue
value 43Data Shape
Use values with one label and one weight per term. Keep the vocabulary deliberately small and curated.
Key Options
| Option | Effect |
|---|---|
chart-wordcloud |
Converts weighted terms into a prominence view |
value |
Drives the relative emphasis or size of each term |
| Curated term list | Prevents the output from devolving into decorative clutter |
Pitfalls
- ❌ Treating a word cloud as an exact ranking chart → ✅ it is about emphasis and landscape, not precise order
- ❌ Too many near-equal terms → ✅ the result becomes muddy and generic |
- ❌ Using raw noisy text without curation → ✅ control the vocabulary before the card is generated |
Alternatives
| Variant | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Exact ranking of terms | A sorted Vega/Vega-Lite bar chart |
| Relationship between concepts | capability-relationship-map.md |
| Editorial narrative summary | research-abstract-card.md |