figure-table-quality

# Figure & Table Quality Audit **Pipeline position:** Phase 2.5 (between Grounding/Polish and Submission). Runs after figure-rhetoric (content) and before arxiv-preflight (compliance). See `/manuscript-pipeline` for full execution order. ## Purpose Verify that every figure and table in a manuscript renders at readable size in the compiled PDF. figure-rhetoric checks whether figures communicate the right message. This skill checks whether the reader can physically read them. ## Execution ### Step 1 — Build the display-scale map For every `\includegraphics` in the .tex source: 1. Extract the display width (e.g., `\textwidth`, `0.7\textwidth`, `0.55\textwidth`) 2. Compute the effective display width in inches using the document geometry 3. Read the figure generation script to find the `figsize` for each figure 4. Compute: `scale = display_width / figsize_width` Also extract from the generation script or config: - Base font sizes: title, label, tick, legend, annotation - Marker sizes, line widths - Bar widths (for grouped bar charts) ### Step 2 — Per-figure audit (all 9 checks) For each figure, compute effective values at display scale and check: #### 2a. Font size at render ``` effective_font = script_font × scale ``` | Element | Minimum | Warning | |---------|---------|---------| | Axis title | 7pt | 8pt | | Tick labels | 6pt | 7pt | | Legend text | 6pt | 7pt | | Annotations | 6pt | 7pt | | Panel titles | 7pt | 8pt | **FAIL** if any element falls below minimum. **WA...