Print Design vs. Web
Design
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When designing for a print publication in
applications such as PageMaker or Word, you have exact control over every aspect,
right down to exactly where on the page a graphic will sit. You are assured that your audience will see your publication
exactly as you intended it because once printed, it doesn't change. This is not true
of web publications. While you have a certain degree of control over
page design, web browsers affect how the pages appear to your
readers. Design is affected by:
- Browser window resizing
- Browser background color and font color preferences
- Browser font size and style preferences
- Differences in browser software.
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The basic concepts of good
design also apply to web pages, such as visual appeal and a design
that leads the viewer to and through the important information. |
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Columns, text wraps around photographs and
other graphics are fluid in web pages, rather than static as in print
publications.. Web devices, such as tables, can come
close to achieving the same result. |
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As you can see, these columns of text aren't
perfectly
aligned and made them look on my own browser. If you
resize your browser window, you will see how they fluctuate. |
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