Graphics Software Bleg

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What is the best (best = 1 / cost * features) software out there (for a Mac, or online) for generating graphics of the sort one might find in a mathematics or computer science textbook?

Right now I am cobbling things together with Python graphics packages plus post-editing with Acorn, but I'm sure I can do much better.

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  1. Andy7:20 AM

    I haven't used it, only watched someone else, but have you tried R?

    https://www.r-project.org/
    https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/RGraphics/chapter1.html

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  2. rob7:24 AM

    Try Affinity Designer. An Illustrator type app that costs about $40.

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  3. shonk12:29 AM

    Not exactly sure what sorts of graphics you're trying to produce, but for most diagrams in math papers, people use TikZ, which is free, though it has a bit of a learning curve.

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