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Topics covered on this page:
Balancing
the Layout
Appearance
of Materials
Displaying
Materials
Framing
& Shading
Lettering
Color
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Visual Appeal is the "red thread"
which weaves in and out of all
other K-Wall considerations.
Balancing the layout
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Symmetry and
balance
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Mix stuff up.
Use a variety
of media on one wall: hand lettering,
printed material, drawing, etc.
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It’s not always
a bad thing
to leave some blank space
Consider
the appearance
of your materials
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Retype
xerox nightmares
if you have time
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Trim crooked sheets square
to the type
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Cut off ‘dead space’
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Copy onto colored paper
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Consider size vs. importance
Displaying
material
To
link material together:
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Draw
frames around like material
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Use
arrows and other connectors
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Repeat bullet point motifs
(stars, circles, triangles, etc.)
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Use the same lettering
style
and
colors for lettering 
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Place in the same
vicinity
To separate
materials:
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Draw frames around
different pieces
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Use different colors or
type styles
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Use different bullet
point motifs
Emphasizing material:
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Use brighter
colors
for frame or text
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Make items larger
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Place them at eyelevel
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Framing
& Shading
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Framing:
lines, double lines,
clouds, etc.
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Shading:
hatching at the
sides or behind objects
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Colored
construction
paper
behind xeroxed pieces.
Lettering
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Use
the magnetic straight edge or
WRITE ON A CURVE ON PURPOSE!
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Type your text into the computer
using a fabulous
font
you like, print
it,
and use the printout as a model
to copy
from 
OR cut it out and use it as
a stencil.
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Don’t try to center
your lettering.
It's too hard. Start from
the left. 
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Make up a lettering
style
that’s easy
for
you to use.
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Colored text can be highlighted
with
black for greater visibility (or vice versa).
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Lettering may be used to convey
mood:
serious, silly, even violent!
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