CHAPTER 2
Principles of Document Design
You may arrive at this chapter thinking to yourself, “Why should I care about something like this? My job is to present substance—not worry about style.” And while document design does not appear in the bulleted list of a stage manager’s duties, style has a very significant impact on that substance for which we are responsible.
In their book White Space is Not Your Enemy, authors Rebecca Hagen and Kim Golombisky offer a very apt definition of good graphic design. “It captures attention, controls they eye’s movement across the page or screen, conveys information, and evokes emotion.”1 The SM is not concerned with item four in the list, but should give all due consideration to the first three. If the ...
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