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Creating Lopsided Layouts

Tuesday April 3, 2007
At Thesaurus.com asymmetrical is a synonym for cockeyed, different, lopsided, oblique, shapeless, unbalanced, unequal, and uneven.
Asymmetrical Balance
Example of Asymmetrical Balance
Graphic © J. Bear
Unbalanced? If asymmetrical is unbalanced, what is asymmetrical balance? Asymmetrical design is typically off-center or created with an odd or mismatched number of disparate elements. Look for the balance in these examples of asymmetrical page layouts.
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