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Design Basics

by Wendy Cannon

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Wendy Cannon
Thinking About Design
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Color
Contrast
Text
Pair
Font
vs Text
styles carefully!
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Size
Arrangement
text
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text
By Mrs. Cannon
Color - Mood
What do colors make you feel? Think about this when you are choosing background or text colors.
Rounded Rectangle
Yellow

pink
brown
blue
green
red
Combining Colors
Combining colors can be tricky. Choose colors that go together. In Art, you learned about complementary colors. Usually those look nice together.
How well do these colors go with each other?
How well do these colors go with each other?
Color - Contrast
How easy is it to see these words?
How easy is it to see these words?
Remember your reader wants to enjoy reading your book!

Should you use bold, fancy, large, small or more than one font? What does the shape of the letters make you think about?
Font
Heading Font
Heading Font
Font to use for the information or story you write.
Font to use for the information or story you write.
Heading Font
Heading Font
Font to use for the information or story you write.
Is there one combination here that might not work for our purposes?
Thought Bubble
Font to use for the information or story you write.