Graphics

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Using Graphics In Modern Publication Design Compiled By Dianne Smith Alief Hastings High School Houston, Texas

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Type is only one aspect of graphic design. While newspapers depend on type to tell the verbal story, other graphics are also used to bring the story to life. In addition to type, designers use:

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Lines

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Screens

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Photographs/Artwork

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White space

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Designers use type, lines, screens, photographs/ artwork and white space to create all types of graphics which help to illustrate the publication in a variety of ways:

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Maps

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Graphs Bar Graph

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Graphs Bar Graph

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Fever Graph Graphs

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Bubble Graph Graphs

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Graphs 3-D Graph

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Charts Pie Chart

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Charts

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Table Charts

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Timeline Charts

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Logos

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Information graphics, or infographics, as they are commonly called, are used to present information in a pleasing, easy-to-see way. Maps, charts and graphs can present potentially dull, dry facts in a more appealing way than just listing them in a story. Research has shown that more people look at graphic illustrations and photographs than read the articles accompanying them, so it makes sense to use these tools to present important facts.

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Infographic combining illustration, chart, text

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Timeline including illustration and text

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Infographic including illustrations and text

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Infographic used to illustrate story about coffee

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Infographic used to illustrate story about Stonehenge

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Graphics used in story about school clothing styles

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Infographic used to illustrate story about dolphins

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