Section 2
Less is more
Yes, I know – we’ve had one of these sections in every chapter so far. So, what does it mean in terms of layout?
When you create your first layouts, it can be very tempting to fill all the space available. ‘Oh, there’s nothing in the left bottom corner yet. Let’s see what I can put there’. No. Less is More. Which book page looks better?
Both pages have the same font size and the right one includes only about half as much text as that on the left. This might seem like a waste of paper, or space. But it looks much better, and it’s easier to read.
This layout is finished.
Fight the inner voice that urges you to add more things to fill all the blank space with something. Also, making things bigger to get rid of all that scary empty space doesn’t help, either.
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