Space & Texture

I found some useful useful Design tips from

http://www.online.tusc.k12.al.us/tutorials/grdesign/grdesign.htm

Texture can be used to:

• Give a printed publication, presentation, or web page a mood or personality.
• Create contrast for interest.
• Fool the eye.
• Provoke emotions.
• Create a feeling of richness and depth.

Space

Space is the distance or area between or around things. Space separates or unifies, highlights, and gives the eye a visual rest.

Space can be used to:

• Give the eye a visual rest.
• Create ties between elements.
• Highlight an element.
• Put a lot of white space around something important to call attention to it.
• Make a layout easy to follow.
• Make type as legible as possible.

Graphic Design Tip:

White space (the absence of text and graphics) is vital to graphic design. The key is to add just enough white space so the eye knows where to go and can rest a bit when it gets there. You can control white space in the following location: margins, paragraph spacing, spacing between lines of text, gutters (the space between columns), and surrounding text and graphics.