The Content Fuel Framework

Format 7: timeline

Timelines leave little to the imagination with their naming: they are graphic representations of the passage of time, typically plotted on a line.

See page 133 in “The Content Fuel Framework” for more.

Tell better stories with timelines

Examples

• [People] Scaled in Miles

• [Basics]

• [Details] The Evolution of the Web

• [History] Anne Frank: The Timeline

• [Process] Fetal Development

• [Curation]

• [Data} 200 Years of Immigration to the US

• [Product] Lois Jeans 50th Anniversary timeline

• [Example]

• [Opinion]

• [Video + Timeline] TikTok from P!nk

Got an example we should consider adding? Tweet me a link: @mdeziel

Timeline Tools

• Beautiful.ai

• Visme.co

• Time.graphics

Other Helpful Resources

• Examples of timelines in website design

• Timeline templates and design tips

• List of timeline makers (free and paid)