Graphics Reference
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a line becomes thicker or heavier in weight, it gradually becomes perceived as a plane
surface or mass; to maintain the line's identity, it must be proportionally lengthened.
LINES PLAY A DUAL ROLE on this CD-ROM cover. First, they create movement around the peri-
meter of the format, in contrast to the rectangular photograph. Other lines are more pictorial, and
represent musical scoring and circuitry.
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Seeing Form and Space
Categories of Form
Putting Stuff Into Space
Compositional Strategies
A Foundation for Meaning
AS LINES IN SEQUENCE change weight (thickness) and get closer and further apart, they create
rhythms. On this cover, the rhythm is more open and expansive toward the bottom, tightens or
quickens in the middle, opens slightly, wavers, and then tightens again. The rhythm between lines
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