Designing for the Web and for print are similar in that they have the same principles and goals for an end-viewer: appealing content that works together in the space. You may find it helpful to review these four basic design techniques as written in the The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice by Robin Williams. Although the principles are basic, they represent guidelines that improve any web page design. Here are the techniques:
- Proximity or grouping similar information together on a web page. You can get creative in how you group this information by using alignment, icons, and even just white space, but regardless, the technique and principles are the same. Information that belongs together should be together.
- Alignment is the simple idea of making sure all of the elements line up on the screen. If you have everything left aligned, keep it that way on the page. Use natural alignments within an entire...
