
Job No:11-22360 Title:RP-Language of Graphic Design
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th e la n guag e of gr ap hic d es i gn
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whole as opposed to separate elements. It is
also one of the principles of visual communi-
cation referred to as a “gestalt principle of
perception,” which means that we tend to
perceive a single pattern so strongly that we
will close gaps and fill in missing information
to complete the pattern if necessary.
For example, when individual line seg-
ments are positioned along a circular path,
they are first perceived holistically as a circle,
and then as multiple, independent line ...