[Sigia-l] Visual Balance Question

[Dave Collins]

>What I dislike about the word 'hierarchy' is that many people that I 
>speak to have different concepts of what it means. It happens so often 
>that I don't know what the correct meaning is, or more likely -- I 
>don't know how the term will be interpreted.

>Far too often a student will have a very practical (almost 
>production-centric) view of what hierarchy means. ie, to create 
>hierarchy means to make some type bigger. It tends to be all about 
>type, because that is the class where they first heard the term.


Just because they don't know the term doesn't mean you should drop it. They
need to be educated. And I'm not talking altruistically. I mean if you're
going to have a meaningful conversation with them, they'll need to know what
they're talking about.

You said it best:
>Size is but one tool at the designer's disposal...

Avoiding the term doesn't give that student a better understanding of the
tools to design a page.


>(In my mind -- a terms meaning is how the listener interprets it).

Not in a technical environment. You'd better be working with people whom you
can communicate with. (In fact, it seems to me that's *why* that student
needs an education.)



Just my 1.2c.


Dave