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Design Principles C.R.A.P LF Period 2 Web Design 1. C.R.A.P - Color, Repetition, Alignment, & Proximity.
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C.R.A.P - Color, Repetition, Alignment, & Proximity These four design elements are tools for visually organizing web pages. Proper use can help sites appear coherent, professional, polished, and aesthetically appealing; incorrect use or neglect can render sites messy, confusing, and immature.
Color GOOD: • High contrast for text • Tasteful color schemes • Different (but consistent) colors for titles and subtitles BAD: • Busy backgrounds • Epileptic seizure attacks
Alignment GOOD: • Valign, text-align, and indent to align graphics and text • DIV tags to group items • Graphics (lines, boxes, etc) to organize elements on the page BAD: • Failure to implement the above