Textural CompositionsIntroductionCompositions containing only text present a different set of problems to theDM. You should understand the impact of text and illustration incompositions. Plan textural compositions as carefully as you plan pictorialpresentations.TexturalcompositionsYou should approach textural compositions using the guidelines for generalcompositions; however, with text the eye moves most naturally from left toright, up to down and ending in the lower-right corner of a page. Space,around and within type, called white space, is as important as printed space.Excessive white space fragments the visual impact of lettering.You cancontrol white space by setting margins, text justification, adding orsubtracting leading, and letterspacing.Figure 1-28 are examples of manipulating white space.Figure 1-28.—Manipulating white space by setting text: A. Fullyjustified; or B. Flush left ragged right.Continued on next page1-35
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