18.2 Page Layout
This is the arrangement of text and graphics on the page. Body text is often written in a serif typeface with lower case characters. Headings are written in either serif or sans serif.
White space is blank space on a page. It improves readability.
Typography is the work of setting and arranging characters. It involves column width, justification, line spacing or leading, indentation, hyphenation, letter spacing and kerning.
Reading gravity is the movement of the eye from the top left corner of the page to the bottom right. Good design promotes reading gravity.
Write out the sentence and fill in the missing word
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????? are the words used in a document |
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????? is the blank space on a page |
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????? is the work of setting and arranging characters |
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????? is the process of positioning text in vertical alignments |
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????? is the spacing between lines of text |
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????? is the first line of a paragraph is moved to the right |
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????? is the first line is at the left edge and the succeeding lines are moved to the right |
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????? is the use of a hyphen to break a word at the end of a line |
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????? is the amount of space between letters |
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????? reduces the spacing between certain letter pairs to improve the appearance of the selected text |