Some Basic Design Elements An incomplete introduction
Typography Basic Families S S S S
Typography Please report to the conference room immediately.
Typography: Tips In the context of a paragraph, RARELY USE ALL CAPS for emphasis. It’s better to use italics or bold. Underlining is also going away. Don’t double-space between a period and the next sentence. It leaves big gaps. Like this. Rarely use more than three fonts in a given design.
Image I am a vector. I am a bitmap.
I really like elephants.
other people’s
Layout: Proximity My sister and brother-in-law love Easter. My sister and brother-in-law love Easter.
Layout: Grid.
Layout Ignoring the grid:
Layout Observing the grid:
Color: Color Wheel
Color: Warm
Color: Cool
Color schemes: Monochromatic
Color schemes: Analogous
Color schemes: Complementary
Color schemes: Split Complementary
Color schemes: Triadic
Color schemes: Tetradic
Color Contrast
The Bottom Line Layout Type Image Color