Basic Principles of Graphics and Layout

1. Which principle of design is when a designer arranges the elements or text by changing the character size, font style and thickness to stand out its most critical features?

• Harmony

• Hierarchy

• Balance

• Contrast

2. Which type of balance gives a mirror-like design that is proportionally equal to the other side?

• Asymmetrical

• Symmetrical

• Semi-Balance

• Semi-Proportion

Which font color is best to use if the background on your valentine card is red?

• Blue

• Green

• Violet

• White

What other elements of design can be repeated aside from color, header style, and fonts?

• Paper

• Font Size

• Statement

• Word

What is the purpose of creating a hierarchy in your design?

• It gives consistency.

• It adds visual weight.

• To add beauty to the design.

• Make the detail to stand out.

Contrast refers to the use of different or opposite elements such as sizes,

shapes, spaces, forms, colors, and values in design. Which of the designs

below show the least application of contrast in a design?

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As a layout artist, we must know the details in arranging and featuring

the most important terms by changing its size, thickness, and spaces so the

reader can navigate the highlight of the event easily. Which of the following

principles best describe the statement above?

• Alignment

• Contrast

• Hierarchy

• Pattern, Repetition, and Rhythm

The following are the ways where you can emphasize the text if you are

working on a magazine except:

• By changing the font color

• By making the text bold or italic

• By adding illustrations or images

• By changing the font size, either bigger or smaller

Elements of design must work together and agree to its meaning, theme,

feeling, or mood. Which of the examples below show unity and harmony of

design, EXCEPT?

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What is the best text alignment to use if your

background design covers an art on edge?

• Center

• Left

• Justified

• Right