| Mass and Size | |
Mass is one of the basic elements of design. Mass equals size. Each piece you create has a physical mass. Additionally, each element within the design (graphics, photos, lines, text blocks) have their own mass relative to the whole piece.
Part of working with mass in desktop publishing is understanding how we measure the various parts of a design such as paper, type, and images.
Mass & Size
In Mass Lesson 1 we'll look at the definition of mass and a few ways mass is incorporated into designs. In Mass Lesson 2 we'll delve more into the nuts and bolts of size such as how we specify and measure the size of type and images and how paper sizes are specified in desktop publishing. This mass and size lesson incorporates a great deal of supporting material and although it is only one lesson, it will take much longer to complete than any lessons thus far in this course.
Now, on to the lessons.
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