ENGL 3323 Lecture 5: Document Design
Document Summary
Five principles of design you will use these with any document you ever create. An image on the left side of the document could be offset by words on the right side. Try and spread out information, you don"t want all of the information scrunched up on only half of the page. Basic guidelines weighting a page or screen: Items on the right side of the page weigh more than items on the left. Items on the top side of the page weigh more than items on the bottom. Big items weight more than small items. Colored items weigh more than black and white items. Items with borders around them weigh more than items without borders. Irregular shapes weigh more than regular shapes. Items in motion weigh more than statistic items: alignment. Align items on a page either vertically or horizontally. What is the purpose of aligning horizontally? between items on a page.
