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It generally involves organizational principles of composition to achieve specific communication objectives. | 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. | + | The high-level page layout involves deciding on the overall arrangement of [[text]] and [[Image|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. | It requires intelligence, sentience, and creativity, and is informed by culture, psychology, and what the document authors and editors wish to communicate and emphasize. | ||
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Low-level pagination and typesetting are more mechanical processes. | 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). | + | == Modern automation == |
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| + | Until desktop publishing became dominant, these processes were still done by people, but in modern publishing they are almost always automated. | ||
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| + | 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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* [[Design]] | * [[Design]] | ||
* [[Graphic design]] | * [[Graphic design]] | ||
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* [[Pattern]] | * [[Pattern]] | ||
* [[Structure]] | * [[Structure]] | ||
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* [[Web page layout]] | * [[Web page layout]] | ||
Revision as of 09:58, 9 February 2016
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.
Modern automation
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).
See also
- Column (typography)
- Composition (visual arts)
- Design
- Graphic design
- Image
- Pattern
- Structure
- Text
- Web page layout
External Links
- Page layout @ Wikipedia
