A combination of macro and micro white space can be used to help establish visual hierarchy in your design. You wouldn’t be able to read this lesson if it wasn’t for the white space around each letter. Spans and navigation links are typically inline and can take a right margin.
From a content point of view, using contrast is really helpful. Repeating a sequence; having it occur more than a few times. If one cannot avoid excessive repetitions for any reason, do not forget to add some visual breaks and white spaces where eyes can rest for a while. We need to think like web designers. With this in mind, sometimes we have to optically adjust elements to ensure the overall design remains balanced. Simply put, emphasis is used to grab the attention of the viewer. One, the eye more easily follows abnormalities and variation, like an ocular foothold. There is likely a range of spacing that you’ll be comfortable with. By signing in with LinkedIn, you're agreeing to create an account at elearningindustry.com and accept our terms of use and privacy policy. Colors, fonts, and interactions should be used consistently. Don’t use too much margin between two elements that are related. Just because you can use movement, it doesn’t mean you always should. Additionally, compositions are evaluated based on the use of (and the successes or failures of) harmony, emphasis, gestalt, pattern, movement, rhythm, proportion, and unity. From a content point of view, we should consider if the content and the delivery method we’re using aligns to the learning outcomes we are trying to achieve. This breaks unity in your design, as would changing your font size, color values, or visual style between pages. Many would argue that white space is more of an art than a science.
Kerning is the optical adjustment of the white space between two letters. Employ attributes like color, thickness, size, position, labeling, text and annotation to emphasize and de-emphasize components throughout the visual. On the web, however, leading is measured in a slightly different way. Contrast is a powerful tool to draw attention to important elements on the screen and to guide a learner’s attention. Contrast is an important principle of design because it lets you draw out the most important elements of a design and add emphasis. Movement can be accomplished simply by using a photograph or clip art of something moving - a runner - as opposed to something stationary - a person standing. In the Proportion Lesson, we discussed how to use the 8pt Grid System to determine the size of UI elements. However, if you overuse emphasis, drawing your learner’s eyes to everything on the page, your learning experience will look like an over-highlighted textbook where both everything and consequently nothing appear important. This means that you would repeat this icon whenever the content references achievements to help reinforce the message. In contrast, the principles are a set of 8 guidelines on how to use these tools to create a good composition.
Pair right or bottom margin with ‘:last-of-type {margin: none}’ or ‘last-child {margin: none;}’ to ensure that your margin never touches the right and bottom padding of the container. In lesson 3, we discussed the importance of alignment. You’ll find that all good designers use them, whether they’re aware of it or not. This means keeping navigation buttons, menu items, and logos in the same position on every page. In terms of visuals, repeating graphics or icons that have been used to create visual associations with concepts can be a powerful learning tool. Much like in the use of visuals, repetition in learning content is also very important for reinforcement. In this way, information hierarchy is created and emphasis is placed on different elements on the page, helping the learner know what to focus on and when. Look at the whole design and asses the spacing from an “overall” perspective. Setting type in a grid system can be tricky, but not impossible. Movement has a few functions in learning and design. When you sign in with LinkedIn, you are granting elearningindustry.com access to your LinkedIn account, which is used to authenticate you without you having to enter a different user name and password. However, there are two things to keep in mind: Typography possesses properties that other UI elements do not have, such as ascenders, descenders, x-height, cap height, leading, letter-spacing, aperture, stems, strokes, serifs, and baseline (whew). These guidelines are timeless and hold a lot of value in various disciples of design. Repetition or pattern refers to the use of similar or connected visual elements.