The provided content covers various aspects related to design principles, monitor technology, typography, fonts, resolution, and digital concepts such as analog vs. digital, conversion processes, and sound. It delves into the importance of contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity in design. T...
- Contrast: Avoid making 2 elements just similar. If you are going to make something
different, ,make it stand out.
- Repetition: Repeat thing like indentation, alignment, spacing, font, bullets.
- Alignment: makes it looks better than just centering
- Proximity: Group things together that should go together.
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Monitor: A screen with small dots that join together to form images.
Pixels: liught on a monitor used to create image / text.
Resolution: Terminology describing number of pixels across and down.
NB: Images look bigger on a monitor with a lower resolution.
NB: The higher resolution would allow you to fit more stuff on the screen.
Kerning: The disance between two individual letters.
Tracking: This is the didtance between all the letters.
Leading: The Vertical distance between the top lowest letter and the top of the highest letter.
Mono Spaced fonts (Courier): Every Letter is the same width
Proportional font (Times New Roman): Letters are not the same width.
Typography: Style or appearance of text.
Fonts are measured in (Pixels, points, Inches, Percentage)
Points: Absolute length (Always be the same no mater operating system 72 points = 1 inch tall
when printed)
NB: Ems and Percentage is related to the default size while pixels is related to the resolution.
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