Power of Alignment

Alignment is all about organizing elements relative to a line or margin. This doesn’t have to be a literal line in your design; in fact, it’s usually an invisible margin implied by the way your design is arranged.

Alignment is vitally important in print graphic design because it:

• Allows you to arrange elements in a way that matches how people naturally scan the page

• Helps balance your image so that it’s visually appealing

• Creates a visual connection between related elements

This business card is poorly aligned; it’s disorganized and nothing seems to line up with anything else.

Edge Alignment

Center Alignment