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In the intrest of bi-lingual education could you explain what you mean when you come in talking about alignment? Developer here, and I would definitely be thin
by schwabacher 16y ago
In the intrest of bi-lingual education could you explain what you mean when you come in talking about alignment? Developer here, and I would definitely be thinking 'right, left, center'?
- StavrosK 16y agoDeveloper here, too, but I think he means the alignment of elements on the page, as in one element aligning with the other, or the title aligning with the text, etc.
- jrwoodruff 16y agoYes, this. Should've explained that :)
- TorbjornLunde 16y agoAlignment could refer to alignment of different objects in a design (a website, an application window). The most important function of aAlignment is to communicate what belongs together. Having objects align also makes for a “calmer” design. Imagine that each new place any object has a beginning or an end adds an invisible line to your design. These makes the design more chaotic. Aligning objects is a way to “re-use” the lines so that you don't end up with too many of them. (Designer here, although I will not claim to be an expert on it.)
- lovskogen 16y agoWelcome to Hackernews, great to see another designer joining up :) What do you work on?
- AaronChampagne 16y agoI am trained as a designer but I actually work as a lookout observer for Alberta Forestry. I spend 6 months a year alone in the woods. Designing and illustrating fills some of that time :)
- adrianN 16y agoHow much does that job pay, and how hard is it to become a lookout observer?
- AaronChampagne 16y agohttp://desktoppub.about.com/od/designprinciples/a/alignment.htm http://desktoppub.about.com/od/designprinciples/a/alignment.... Here's an article for the interested. Often times, designers will use a grid, like http://960.gs/ http://960.gs/ offers, to help make layouts with good alignment. Left, right centre alignment refers to the relationship of text and text frame. You can still have alignment relationships betweens photo and text frame, photo and animation, text frame & text frame, etc.
- ThomPete 16y agoSo to speak in your language look at the pink lines here: http://www.000fff.org/uploads/code_alignment.png http://www.000fff.org/uploads/code_alignment.png Alignment is everywhere. When you start analyzing interfaces you will often find that great interface design attempts to have as few alignment lines as possible. Obviously text on a line is alignment too (horisontal). And then there is optical alignment which is especially important in typography.
- redsymbol 16y agoThanks for this clear example and explanation!
- Corrado 16y agoYou want to have as few alignment lines as possible? I would think that aligning elements (buttons, form fields, etc.) would be a good thing. Of course, I'm a developer so that may be my problem. :)
- philwelch 16y agoIf all of your buttons are aligned to one line, that's better than having half aligned to one line and the other half aligned to a different line. If none of your buttons are aligned, then you don't have zero alignment lines, you have as many alignment lines as you have buttons.
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- ThomPete 16y agoThis is what it mean: http://brandonwalkin.com/blog/images/LightroomVsExpressionBlend.png http://brandonwalkin.com/blog/images/LightroomVsExpressionBl... This time not from my own blog but from Brandon Walkins
- nitrogen 16y ago