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Quick questions on Typography and image explained: O-Level Art
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What is integrating type into a layout?Show answer
Finally, the type must be integrated into the layout, not just dropped on top of the picture. The lettering should be placed to relate to the image: sitting in a clear, calm area where it is readable, following or echoing a shape in the image, leaving balanced space, and forming part of the overall composition and visual hierarchy. When type and image are composed together as one design, with the type's style, placement and size all considered, the result reads as a unified, professional whole.
What is text that cannot be read?Show answer
Placing text over a busy part of the image, or with too little contrast or too small a size, harms legibility; keep important text clear.
What is flat text hierarchy?Show answer
Making all the text the same size means the viewer cannot tell what matters most; order it by importance with the title leading.
What is words and image competing?Show answer
A picture and words pulling in different directions confuse the message; make them reinforce one another.
What is type dropped on top?Show answer
Placing lettering on the image as an afterthought looks stuck on; integrate the type into the composition, relating it to the image and the space.
What is q1?Show answer
Explain how the style of lettering can carry meaning beyond the words themselves. [3 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What makes text legible and well-ordered in a layout? [3 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Why should type be integrated into a design rather than just placed on top of an image? [2 marks]