Visual Design Principles

Visual design principles can be used to make web sites more readable and attractive.

Four visual design principles:
  1. Alignment
  2. Proximity
  3. Repetition
  4. Contrast
Short definitions of each of these design principles:

Design Principle
 Definition
Alignment Items on the page are line up with each other
Proximity Items that are physically close to each other have an inferred relationship
Repitition Certain elements throughout a project are repeated
Contrast Differences in text size, font, color, graphics, and texture that create focal points where appropriate

We use visual design principles to do the following:
The following YouTube video, Visual Design Principles for e-Learning Part 1, provides an overview of these principles to e-learning environments.