Design+Principles

**Design Principles** ** Definition: ** The **principles of design** suggest how a designer can best arrange the various elements of a page layout in connection to the overall design and to each other. In landscape painting, principles  of design might govern where the artist places the mountains or how many clouds are in the sky. In page layout, the principles of design govern how many colors are used, the sizes of fonts, how many columns of text there are, or whether pictures appear next to each other or spread across the page — creating effective and pleasing arrangements of text and graphics. Commonly applied **principles of design** include:


 * 1)  alignment  
 * 2)  balance
 * 3)  consistency
 * 4)  contrast
 * 5) <span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"> proximity
 * 6) <span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"> repetition
 * 7) <span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"> unity
 * 8) <span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;"> white space

>  Get a better understanding of the basics of graphic design by studying the elements and principles of graphic design that govern effective design and page layout. Graphic design is the process and art of combining text and graphics and communicating an effective message in the design of logos, graphics, brochures, newsletters, posters, signs, and any other type of visual communication. Designers achieve their goals by utilizing the elements and principles of graphic design
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