One of the things I love most about Tufte is the way his text introduces every single graphic. He tells you what he's about to show you; then he shows you. This stands in stark contrast in most books where the figures are only very loosely coupled to the text. I didn't realize how jarring I found the convention until Tufte! And it makes perfect sense in hindsight: why did we think it's okay to put figures "within a page or two" of the relevant text?
This handout, by contrast, doesn't do this, and so it throws away something that, to me, is central to Tufte's appeal.
That's a great point. I added some text to the demo document making that point, but I don't have actually relevant graphics or figures to add to it. If you have any suggestions for wording, just email me or open a GitHub issue. Cheers!
This handout, by contrast, doesn't do this, and so it throws away something that, to me, is central to Tufte's appeal.