Basic Design Principles for Non-Designers

Anyone can create their own web page but this does not mean that the person will create an amazing cite that follows the alignment, proximity, repetition, and contrast. If people follow these four basic principles, the web page should look clean, neat, and professional. After reading and looking at the examples given in this reading, I realized that web sites really do not look good unless you follow these four basic principles. If you do not align everything the same way on the page be it be horizontal or vertical alignment or baseline alignment, your web page will look very messy. One thing that the article suggests is that you should be discouraged from using center alignment. The article say’s that by using the center alignment, it is weak. I’m not sure if “weak” is the best word to use to describe why you should not use center alignment. I do understand that it is important to have symmetry to a web site to create balance.