Layout Design Vocab

The way size, spacing, arrangement or colour is used in a layout in order to establish the order of importance of the elements on a page.

• Hierarchy

• Contrast

• Alignment

• Proximity

A blank or unused space that doesn't have any content in it. Also known as the "lungs of good design"

• Contrast

• Unity

• Hierarchy

• White space

This design principle allows users to become familiar with the image or message, making it more likely to reinforce a message without needing for constant reinterpretation.

• Contrast

• Proximity

• Repetition

• Unity

Contrast is the placement of the _________ elements of a design in such a way that their differences become evident.

Proximity and repetition help create unity by establishing relationships between different objects.

• True

• False

Which layout design principle is used when a caption text is placed closely to an image, to indicate that the two elements are connected?

• Contrast

• Proximity

• Unity

• Alignment

The overarching structure in a design. Allows users/readers access to and interpret information that a layout contains.

• Hierarchy

• Alignment

• White space

• Repetition