Screen vs. Print Document Design.

Screen which mainly known as web design is a page or space to publish an information that can be view broadly. Example of screen is website, blog, pages and vlog. Jakob (1999) indicates that web design is fundamentally a scrolling experience where people just need to click on it to obtain the information that they needed and where it is mainly display on the computer screen.

Print document design

The difference of print document design should be based on the standards of fundamental principles gleaned from research that originated from the study of the impact can be seen through the positioning of word design which consist of readable typeface, the uses of white space and also compliments by visual arrangement. According to Kress & Van Leeuwen (1998) stated that readers are able to judge the ‘weight’ of the various element of the layout and the greater the weight of an element, the greater its salience.

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In conclusion, the audience has the choice in order to choose between screen or printed document design because the weight of a document depends on the individual perception, salience and experience.

Reference list:

<Jakob Nielsen, 1999, Differences between print design and web design, viewed on 11 April 2012, <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990124.html>

Kress, G. & van Leeuwen, T. 1998. “Front pages: The critical analysis of newspaper layout.”