Key Terms

Body Copy

Border

Box Model

Cell

Chunking

Column

F-Layout

Fixed Layout

Floating Graphic

Fluid Layout

Golden Ratio

Grid System

Gutenberg Diagram

Heading

Headline

Inline Graphic

Layout

Margin

Modular Grid

Multicolumn Grid

Padding

Page

Page Template

Row

Sidebar

Single-Column Grid

Splash Page

Static Page

Style Sheet

Table

Visual Hierarchy

Z-layout

The more personal computer displays become like lightweight books, the more people are going to feel comfortable reading from them. A PC that you can open up and physically handle easily, that has the right kind of battery and display, will give the same visual impression as a page.

—John Warnock, inventor of PostScript and the founder of Adobe Systems (Wired.com, 1994) ...

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