7. A good handouts:
Ensures that the audience can get the key
ideas as intended.
Serves as an addition to what the audience
has heard and seen.
Serves as a reference materials.
Summarizes the information presented.
Keeps the audience focused only on a
particular topic or subjects.
8. Designing your Handout
1. Legibility.
the guide to what typeface will be
used in handout.
Serif
Times New Roman
Courier
Sans Serif
Arial
Helvetica
Decorative
Curlz
Edwardian Script
9. 2. Readability
guide to where to
place the graphics
and text on the page.
There are four basic
principles of visual
design
A.Contrast – used
to differentiate
elements if a
design.
10. B.Repetition- used to lead the
reader throughout, using the
handout.
Colors
Bullets
Formatting Styles
11. C. Alignment-used to lead the reader
throughout, using the handout.
Contrast
• Color
• Tone Value
• Size
• Shape
Repetition
• Colors
• Bullets
• Formatting Styles
12. D. Proximity
used to group together elements
that are related with each other to
help organize the info. On the
handout.
13. 3. Title
It must be big and bold enough to
catch the attention of the readers.
4. Layout
Make sure that only the necessary
details are included in the handouts.
14. 5. Graphics
It can simplify complex information.
6. Bullets
Use bullets rather than narrative
sentences or paragraphs.
15. 7. White Space
Spaces are necessary for
handouts to help the eye to
search for and find info.
8. Author’s name and date.
9. Color
16. Stages in the production of
printed media
1.Pre Design Stage
2.Design Stage
3.Post-design Stage
17. How to design Printed Media
1.Headings
2.Writing Styles
3.Page Layout
4.Type
Style/Mechanics
5.Visuals
6.Highlighting