Deck 15: The Balancing Act: Designing Pages

Question 1

A ___ design format organizes pages into rectangles of news elements.

Answer 1

modular

Question 2

Users expect that web items grouped close together belong together; this principle is known as ___.

Answer 2

proximity

Question 3

The best vertical alignment for text on a web page is ___.

Answer 3

flush left

Question 4

___ is the open space on a printed page that provides visual relief and is especially prominent in magazines and in print feature stories and pages; it does not lend itself to web design.

Question 5

Effective designs usually employ a ___, which helps readers or users find an entry point into the page and cues the relative importance of the news items through contrast.

Question 6

___ in design, like in grammar, style and usage, gives readers and users the sense that they are on familiar and reliable ground where they can find their way around quickly and easily.

Question 7

Most publications, whether print or web-based, use a basic ___ that establishes the number and width of columns on the page or screen that is the same every day except in special circumstances.

Question 8

A well-designed page or screen helps establish a sense of ___ by suggesting which stories are the most important and which are less important.

Question 9

Effective design is not an end in itself but should serve the ___ it presents.

Question 10

Being able to get from one page to every other page on the site is a key principle is web design known as ___.