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Return to Game THE PLACE YOUR EYE GOES FIRST WHEN LOOKING AT A PAGE (PRINTED OR ONLINE) Answer: What is a focal point? What’s the difference for 20
Return to Game WHEN PRESENTING CONTIGUOUS TEXT SUCH AS IN A PAPER OR ARTICLE Answer: not When does contrast not matter? What’s the difference for 30
Return to Game CONTRAST MUST BE THIS IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE! Answer: What is STRONG or BOLD? (If you’re going to make things contrast, make them VERY different, not just a little bit!!!) What’s the difference for 40
Return to Game TO UNIFY AND ORGANIZE A PAGE Answer: What is the purpose of alignment? All Lined Up for 20
Return to Game THREE TYPES OF ALIGNMENT Answer: (any 3 of these) What are: Left Right Center Justified All Lined Up for 30
Return to Game IT IS BEST TO HAVE THIS NUMBER OF ALIGNMENTS ON A PAGE Answer: What is one? All Lined Up for 40
Return to Game A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO UNITE, JOIN, OR FUSE A PAGE TOGETHER Answer: What is repetition? Play it Again, Sam for 20
Return to Game ANOTHER WORD FOR REPETITION Answer: What is consistency? Play it Again, Sam for 30
Return to Game AT LEAST TWO THINGS THAT REPETITION DOES FOR YOUR DOCUMENT Answer: Allows for consistency and continuity Unifies all parts of a design and multiple pages Helps organize information Helps guide the reader through the pages Play it Again, Sam for 40
Return to Game DO THIS TO RELATED ITEMS Answer: What is group them together? So Close, Yet So Far for 20
Return to Game THIS DESIGN ELEMENT MAKES PAGES LOOK SMALLER, HELPS ORGANIZE INFORMATION, AND HELPS DEFINE A BEGINNING AND ENDING Answer: What is proximity? So Close, Yet So Far for 30
Return to Game TERM FOR ITEMS THAT ARE VISUALLY DISCONNECTED Answer: What are orphans? So Close, Yet So Far for 40
Return to Game FINAL JEOPARDY THE ACRONYM “C.A.R.P.” IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU REMEMBER ABOUT 4 PRINCIPLES OF LAYOUT AND DESIGN. NAME THEM. Answer: What are CONTRAST, ALIGNMENT, REPETITION, AND PROXIMITY?
Return to Game Works Cited Hunley, D. (n.d.). Retrieved Feb. 08, 2005, from Jeopardy Theme Song MIDI Web site: Josephson, B. (2002). Carp vs. crap homepage. Retrieved Feb. 08, 2005, from Text & Graphical Layout based on principles by Robin Williams & John Tollet Web site: