page layout

Document visual structure

Page layout is the arrangement of text, images, and other elements on a page.

The term applies to printed materials—books, magazines, newspapers—and to digital documents and web pages.

Good page layout guides the reader's eye and makes content accessible: The designer adjusted the page layout to give the photos more prominence.

Related

typesetting · margins · white space · alignment · visual hierarchy · font · drop cap · pull quote · wireframe · crop marks · fold line · prepress · spread · graphic design · desktop publishing · template · column · text wrap

Categories
Opposites
form vs. content

page layoutcontent

What something contains

body copy · substance · message · meaning · information

structured vs. unstructured presentation

page layoutraw text

Unprocessed string data

plain text · source material · wall of text · raw data · stream of consciousness

structured versus unstructured

page layoutchaos

Complete disorder and confusion

disorder · disarray · randomness · formlessness · jumble

Family

page, layout, pages, pageant, paged, pageantry, paging, pager, pageants

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G