Designing with White Space
Learn just how much more less can be.
Clutter is rarely a positive thing when it comes to graphic design. While it can evoke an emotion or pastiche, usually it’s the hallmark of an unassured or novice designer. When you’re not fully confident in what you’re doing, there’s a tendency—one I’ve succumbed to far too many times—to overcompensate by adding more stuff. This approach can have endearing results in a pub or restaurant or other realms, but rarely does any favors to a print or web design. So when challenged with a design problem, instead of throwing in more content, try adding more white space—the stuff without content—to bring the content you have into sharper focus.
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I am happily surprised you’ve written and released this just as I started compiling an illustrated Holy Bible. I have many extra little engravings I could cram into the pages to fill up the white space left behind.
I have decided to leave them all out and have little blocks of white space scattershot throughout to give a little breathing room to the reader.
Thank you, Mr. French, for your learned insight!