white space
Unmarked page areas
White space is the empty area on a page, screen, or design that contains no text, images, or other visual elements.
In graphic design and typography, white space—also called negative space—is considered a deliberate compositional choice rather than wasted area, providing visual breathing room that helps guide the eye and improve readability.
Good designers know that white space is just as important as content.
In writing and coding, white space refers to blank characters like spaces, tabs, and line breaks.
- marginEdge of a page
- page layoutVisual document organization
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- kerningLetter-pair spacing adjustment
- leadingGuiding or pacing type
breathing room · room to breathe · alignment · orphan · widow · justify · paper · blank page · typesetting · blank · graphic design · grid systems · verso · gutter · recto · visual hierarchy · less is more · tracking
- minimalismminimalism, declutter, decluttering, simplicity, less is more
- minimalist designminimalism, simplicity, uncluttered, spare, restraint
- UX designuser research, wireframing, user experience, user testing, user needs
- Print Layoutpage layout, print layout, print design, layouts, typography
- graphic designlogo, font, typography, layout, color
- buzzwordssynergy, leverage, paradigm, stakeholder, scalable
white spaceprinted matter
Published text materials
positive space · content · text · imagery · copy
white spaceclutter
Untidy collection of items
crowding · visual noise · density · busyness · information overload
white spacecharacters
Persons in a narrative
glyphs · letterpress · markup · code · letterforms
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