Comparison between the overall strength of the dust depletion [Zn/Fe]_fit from the fit to the abundance patterns for the optimal choice of metals (see Sect. 3) with the observed [Zn/Fe] (bottom panel), the fit to all metals (middle panel), and the fit to only the non-α-elements. Orange triangles show the measurements for the LMC and blue diamonds those for the SMC. The dotted curve is the x = y line. Larger symbols highlight the golden sample.