Exporting graphics for Illustrator

You can't just open PNGs or JPEGs in Illustrator, they need to be a vector format, which means a PDF or an SVG.

Exporting from Datawrapper

In Datawrapper, click the PDF or SVG button on the final publish page. You'll only have these options if you're on a fancy account, either under my team or as a paid subscriber.

Exporting from Altair

Altair has plenty of options for visualization, and is simple to export. Plot your graphic normally...

import altair as alt

alt.Chart(df).mark_circle().encode(
    x='gdp_per_capita',
    y='life_expectancy',
    color='continent',
    size='population'
)

Then click the ... button in the top right-hand side and click Save as SVG.

Exporting from ggplot

If you're using R, use the magic of ggsave!

%%R -i df
library("ggplot2")

p <- ggplot(df, aes(x=gdp_per_capita,
               y=life_expectancy,
               color=continent,
               size=population)) +
    geom_point()

ggsave("plot.pdf", plot=p, width=10, height=7)

Exporting from RAWgraphs

Exporting from RAWGraphs is easy: click the Export button when it says svg.

Exporting from Flourish

I hate Flourish, but you can export SVGs from it!

Go through the export flow, select that you want to export an image, then change the format to SVG.