1 / 26

Key Terms and Issues in Document Design

Key Terms and Issues in Document Design. Dr. Brian Gastle Western Carolina University. Primary Goals of Good Document Design. To help readers find information structure and hierarchy of the information. To help readers understand the information. To help readers remember the information.

chantrea-nhek
Download Presentation

Key Terms and Issues in Document Design

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Key Terms and Issues in Document Design Dr. Brian Gastle Western Carolina University

  2. Primary Goals of Good Document Design • To help readers find information • structure and hierarchy of the information. • To help readers understand the information. • To help readers remember the information.

  3. Proximity Arrange Information Clearly on the Page Alignment Avoid Clutter Strive for Page Balance Repetition (Consistency) Contrast Principles of Design

  4. Technical Document Design Terms • Page Size • Page Count • Paper • Weight • Coating • “grade” (bond) • Bindings • Loose • Ring/Spiral • Saddle/Staple • Perfect/flat spine

  5. Two Kinds of Space on Every Page • White space (or negative space) • Space for text and graphics

  6. Purposes of Margins • They limit the amount of information on the page, making it easier to read and use. • They provide space for binding and allow readers to hold the page without covering up the text. • They provide a neat frame around the type. • They provide space for marginal glosses.

  7. Three Principles Used in Designing Effective Pages Chunking. • Write shorter “chunks” of information. Queuing. (AKA – subordination) • Create visual distinctions (often indentation) to indicate levels of importance. Filtering. • Use visual patterns (text boxes, graphics, typography) to distinguish various types of information.

  8. Page Design Theory and Techniques Figure 13.1  Chunking  (text page 340)

  9. Queuing • Visually distinguish between levels of importance in a document Figure 13.2  Queuing  (text page 340)

  10. Filtering • Visually distinguish between different types of information: warnings, help, etc. Figure 13.3  Filtering  (text page 341)

  11. Thumbnail Sketches and Grids • Thumbnail Sketches • Hand drawn rough sketch of layout • Still the best way to start • Grids • More formal layout presentation • Built into many publishing programs

  12. Page Layout • Thumbnail Sketch – preliminary drawing of layout possibilities Figure 13.4  Thumbnail Sketches  (text page 341)

  13. Page Grid • Map of the blank document page which charts where text, graphics, and white space will be located Figure 13.5  Sample Grids Using Picas and Inches  (text page 342)

  14. Advantages of Multicolumn Design • Text is easier to read because the lines are shorter. • Columns allow you to fit more information on the page, because many graphics can fit in one column or extend across two or more columns. • Columns let you use the principle of repetition to create a visual pattern, such as text in one column, accompanying graphic in an adjacent column.

  15. Figure 13.6  Common Grids: Double-column grid and Two-page grid, with narrow outside columns for notes  (text page 343)

  16. Figure 13.6  Common Grids: Three-panel brochure  (text page 343)

  17. Figure 13.6  Common Grids: Two-page grid, with graphics on the left page and double-column text on the right page  (text page 343)

  18. Other Terms • Typography • Type Face (Ariel, Times, Courier) • Type Family – variations on the Face (Ariel Italic, Ariel Bold, Ariel Bold Italic • Case • Size

  19. Figure 13.8  Typefaces  (text page 345)

  20. Figure 13.9  Serif and Sans Serif Typefaces  (text page 346)

  21. Figure 13.10  Helvetica Family of Type  (text page 346)

  22. Figure 13.11  Individual Variations in Lowercase and Uppercase Type  (text page 347)

  23. Aspects of White Space • Line length • Line spacing • Justification

  24. Figure 13.13  Line Spacing Used to Distinguish One Section from Another  (text page 349)

  25. Left-justified text versus full-justified text (text page 350)

  26. Rules • Boxes • Screen • Marginal Gloss Boxes Screen Can be useful

More Related