Alignment & Vector Art
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The document discusses different text alignment options like justified, centered, flush left, and flush right. It notes the visual characteristics and purposes of each alignment. The document also covers vector art, describing it as images made of scalable objects that are resolution independent, and notes it is commonly used for logos, shapes, maps, illustrations, and icons.
Alignment & Vector Art
- 1. Alignment & Vector Art 9/12/13 Thursday, September 12, 13
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- 3. SOFTER SENSE OF LINE STRONGER SENSE OF LINE Thursday, September 12, 13
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- 6. Justified Makes a clean, even shape on page Best when you have a lot of text Used often in magazines, newspapers, and other publications (not web) Thursday, September 12, 13
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- 8. Centered Formal & classical Organic shape on page Thursday, September 12, 13
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- 11. Flush left (ragged right) Follows natural flow of language Avoids spacing problems of justified text Thursday, September 12, 13
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- 13. Flush right (ragged left) Departure from familiar reading progression Makes for effective captions, sidebars, and marginal notes Thursday, September 12, 13
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- 15. Purpose of alignment To UNIFY & ORGANIZE the page Thursday, September 12, 13
- 16. Good rule of thumb: Every type element on the page should be aligned with at least one other type element Thursday, September 12, 13
- 17. Vector Art One of the two major types of 2D art Images made up of many individual, scalable objects Always high quality because it is resolution independent Thursday, September 12, 13
- 18. When is it used? Logos Shapes Maps Illustrations Icons/Symbols Thursday, September 12, 13