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In [[information visualization]] and [[graphic design]], '''Truchet tiles''' are square tiles decorated with patterns that are not rotationally symmetric.

== Description ==

When placed within a [[square tiling]] of the plane, they can form varied patterns, and the orientation of each tile can be used to visualize information associated with the tile's position within the tiling.

Truchet tiles were first described in a 1704 memoir by [[Sébastien Truchet]] entitled "''Memoir sur les Combinaisons''", and were popularized in 1987 by [[Cyril Stanley Smith]].

== See also ==

* [[Aquare tiling]]
* [[Geometry]]
* [[Girih tiles]]
* [[Information visualization]]
* [[Wallpaper group]]
* [[Wang tiles]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truchet_tiles Truchet tiles] @ Wikipedia


[[Category:Geometry]]
[[Category:Graphic design]]
[[Category:Information visualization]]