When you start to put a website together, you might think of many things. One thing you probably won't think about right away is alignment.
Alignment is a simple term referring to how your items line up on a page.
It is something that is truly important, but not always noticed or cared about. This page will not only inform you on how to have good alignment on your page, but it will give you examaples of good as well as bad alignment.
- When designing a page and you want your alignment to look good, there are several things to think about. Consider these:
- Try to stick to only one alignment. You can choose left, centered, and justified, not right.
- You shouldn't use mix alignments on your page or at least in section of your page that are connected.
- Centered and right-justified text blocks are difficult to read.
- Left-justified text is the most legible option for Web pages because the left margin is even and predictable and the right margin is irregular.
- Titles and headings over left-justified body text should also be flush left.
- Keep everything looking nice and organized.
There are also several things NOT to do, which include:
- Do not use several types of alignment on one page.
- Do not use center headings over left-justified body text.
- Do not use right alignment.
- Do not have everything just thrown together. It should look neat.
Two examples of good alignment:
Two examples of bad alignment:
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