Rules of DTP: Lesson 11: White Space

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Rules of DTP Lesson 11: White Space From Jacci Howard Bear, your Guide to Desktop Publishing Give Me Some Space Good design utilizes the principles of design. White space is one of the most frequently ignored or misused of those principles. It is not necessary or desirable to cram every little spot full of text or pictures. Use More White Space Adding nothing to your design may be the most important thing you do. The Color of Nothing. It may seem obvious but sometimes the most obvious things are the ones we overlook. White space isn't a color. White space is that part of the design that contains no text or graphics. If your paper is blue, the white space is blue. If printing on clear plastic, the white space is transparent. Pages in this Lesson 1: Role of White Space 2: Adding White Space 3: Assignment Previous 4 Lessons in this Class Lesson 7: All Caps If this is your first email in the new format, see the sidebar in Lesson 7 and earlier lessons to move back further in the classes if you want to check out the illustrations and assignments. Lesson 8: Typographical Punctuation Lesson 9: Frames and Boxes Lesson 10: Clip Art This email is written by: Jacci Howard Bear Desktop Publishing Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com 'Rules of DTP' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement