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Design and DTP6 books

Design Principles

Layout, colour, typography and hierarchy for better posters and pages

  • Free ebook
  • Beginner
  • 27 pages
  • 108 KB
  • PDF, English
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About this ebook

What you will learn

Learn the simple rules that make a poster, notice, invitation or social media post clear and good-looking: contrast, alignment, repetition, proximity, hierarchy, white space, colour and type. Every idea comes with Indian examples, and the book ends with checklists you can use on your next design.

Who it is for

Design students, teachers making notices, and small business owners.

Contents

  1. What good design does
  2. Contrast and hierarchy
  3. Alignment, proximity and repetition
  4. White space and grids
  5. The colour wheel and colour harmonies
  6. Colour meaning and readability
  7. Typography basics
  8. Pairing fonts, and Hindi with English
  9. Images and cropping
  10. Before and after, with checklists

At the end of the book

  • Practice questionsTo check what you have learnt, with the answers after them.
  • GlossaryThe key words of the book, each explained in one sentence.
  • Easy EnglishShort sentences and everyday words, with each new word explained the first time.

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