making use of white space, by jamie stanos
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Making Use of White Space
By Jamie Stanos
Some advantages
of white space
• Helps create an elegant, simple design that won’t turn people off
• Subconsciously creates a flow telling readers where to look and go at the proper time
• Provides smooth and clear navigation for sites
• White space between text, columns, images and margins offer a page clarity
White space enhances readability!
• A cluttered design will be distracting
• White space serves as a buffer that lets users decipher where content is and how to distinguish elements
Great examples of white space
Starbucks• Areas taken out
of focus serve as a form of white space, as the in-focus areas draw the eye to what Starbucks want the user to see
• Google is a major proponent of white space
• Colors and text are set up to distinguish elements with clean margins everywhere
• The people behind this design have shown great restraint to great results
• They could have easily used larger text, wider margins or different fonts
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