Design+Principles


 * The Principles of Design ** are a key to creating dynamic, interesting, and visually appealing publications. Learn each of the rules and begin making amazing designs yourself!

**Alignment** is an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines. The example below illustrates **alignment**:


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-New designers tend to put text and graphics on the page wherever there happens to be space, often without regard to any other items on the page.

-**The Principle of Alignment states**, "Nothing should be placed on the page arbitrarily. Every item should have a visual connection with something else on the page." The principle of **alignment** forces you to be conscious-**//no longer can you just throw things on the page and see where they stick.//**

-When items are aligned on the page, the result is a stronger cohesive unit.

-Even when **aligned** elements are physically separated from each other**, there is an invisible line that connects them, both in your eye and in your mind**.

-Although you might have separated certain elements to indicate their relationships (using the principle of proximity), **the principle of alignment is what tells the reader that even though these items are not close, they belong to the same piece**. The following pages illustrate this idea.
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