consider interfacing with vega.js about chart.xkcd HOT 4 OPEN

BTW I am not even sure that you need to write your own renderer, there is already a svg, canvas and webgl renderer. Maybe some CSS or other middle solution is already sufficient...

Edit: According to feedback from one of the vega core developers, implementing xkcd kind of style while preserving the benefits from the vega ecosystem would probably require to:

• write a post-processor on the vega-scenegraph to implement the sketchy effect on the marks (e.g. lines, axes, gridlines, bars, etc.). For completeness, here is an article on how vega works internally;

• create a customised tooltip. For this purpose, one can tap into the vega-tooltip API for inserting a custom tooltip handler. There is also the possibility of theming the already existing tooltip via CSS;

• the rest (e.g. font, font-size, etc.) can be implemented by a vega config specification, which sets the visualization’s theme. The guide to vega guides may be useful for experimenting.

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Thanks for the suggestion, I will look into it to see if it easy to do so when I have time

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Long-term matplotlib user here. Used mpl's xkcd style quite a bit, too.
I'm digging into https://github.com/altair-viz/altair right now which is based on Vega. Would love to be able to use an xkcd style in that eco system, too!

Thanks for expressing all these thoughts @g3o2.

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