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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_layout Page layout] @ Wikipedia
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_layout Page layout] @ Wikipedia

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Page layout is the part of graphic design that deals in the arrangement of visual elements on a page. See Composition (visual arts).

Description

It generally involves organizational principles of composition to achieve specific communication objectives.

The high-level page layout involves deciding on the overall arrangement of text and images, and possibly on the size or shape of the medium.

It requires intelligence, sentience, and creativity, and is informed by culture, psychology, and what the document authors and editors wish to communicate and emphasize.

Low-level pagination and typesetting are more mechanical processes.

Until desktop publishing became dominant, these processes were still done by people, but in modern publishing they are almost always automated. The result might be published as-is (as for a phone book interior) or might be tweaked by a graphic designer (as for a highly polished, expensive publication).

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