Thinking with Type_ A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students - PDF Room

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captions for the web Online content

management systems coordinate pictures and

captions in a database. Designers use rules,

frames, overlays, and color blocks to visually

connect images and captions, creating

coherent units. Shown here are four different

ways to style captions for the web.

interactive web captions

Guardian.co.uk, 2009. Design director:

Mark Porter. A secondary caption reveals

itself when users rolls over this image on

the Guardian’s home page.

Don’t put a tiny piece of furniture under a
large painting, or vice versa.

Don’t hang objects over a child’s bed,

especially depressing objects.

Why is the clown sad? How to artfully

display a work of art.

Avoid overpowering a delicate work of art

with a heavy frame.

captions change the meaning of pictures