Rules for Effective Desktop Publishing

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Limited but Varied Fonts
Student uses hard to read font and does not vary the font for titles and text.
Student varies text some but it may be difficult to read or the titles may not stand out.
Student uses a decent text for reading and titles are somewhat different but the student has not mastered the skills.
Student uses a good text for reading and the titles differ from the regular font in a positive way.
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Match text and background colors
Color combinations are difficult to read.
Color combinations that were picked are not very complimentary or attractive.
Color combinations are distracting.
Color combinations are easy to read and look nice together.
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Use Visual Clues
Student does not use any visual cues such as frames or boxes for important texts or diagrams.
Student uses a limited number of visual cues or the visual cues are poorly created.
Student creates visual cues but emphasizes the wrong thing.
Student uses visual cues such as frames or boxes in a helpful way, leading the viewer to what is most important.
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Use White Space Well
Student has large amounts of white space or none at all.
The ratio between white space and filled space seems to be disproportional.
There is room for improvement in the way the white space is working.
There is an adequate amount of information on the page but also enough white space to balance it out.
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