1What is online journalism? - Ayo Menulis FISIP UAJY

Design your web resource 199
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Symmetrical Asymmetrical Radial
Figure 7.6: The page must have visual balance, whether symmetrical,
asymmetrical or radial.
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Do not forget the white space
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Figure 7.7: Repetition can provide a visual structure to your page.
I often think Count Basie would have made a great graphic
designer. Maybe he was, away from the day job. Basie knew how
to play the notes well enough. But he was a master of the spaces
in between.
So it is with the use of white space. As David Siegel (1997)
notes:
White space – the space between visual elements – is an
integral part of the message . . . the white space tells you
where one section ends and the other begins . . . systematic
use of white space can vastly improve the presentation of text
for easier reading and better comprehension.