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These thumbnails sample the prototype double-page layouts for this book The design emphasizes chunked text
text
blocks Groups of sentences and paragraphs are called text
blocks These are the primary building blocks of pages Monolithic columns of unbroken text
are not only hard to read read but nobody really wants to read read them There are zil- lions of ways to divide them up with variety style and wit wit ruled lines and borders background fills “dropped out” type (white text
on a a a a a dark background) bold words at the head of paragraphs lists images indents that vary column width highlighting
Highlighting involves displaying text
in in in in ways that stand out on a a computer screen or page Always try to help your reader move quickly Envision a a a a a document as a a a a a stream the reader must cross Highlighted words are well placed stones that let your reader move quickly You can highlight parts of a a a a a text
passage
by using font styles (underlining italics bold small caps and and so on) color (in front or or background) and and a a a a mix of font families The sample paragraph uses all of these in one place Ellen Lupton Princeton Architectural Press quote from D D I I Y Design It Yourself (2006)
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