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Distance and direction are surrendered on purpose. Lines are straightened to a few angles, spacing is made even, and only connection and order survive. It is the clearest available answer to what joins what and where you have to change. It is a bad answer to how far, and readers will trust the spacing anyway unless the drawing says the distances are not real.

Distance and direction are surrendered on purpose. Lines are straightened to a few angles, spacing is made even, and only connection and order survive. It is the clearest available answer to what joins what and where you have to change. It is a bad answer to how far, and readers will trust the spacing anyway unless the drawing says the distances are not real.

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Best when connection and interchange are the question and travel distance is not.

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