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Welcome!

Welcome to Design Tips! Did you know that stories are made up of three parts? 1.

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How design tips work

For some tips I will show before and after pictures so that you can clearly see

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Getting started

Ask yourself two things before you start your design work: 1. What kind of story is

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Colors create feelings

If your piece of writing is a cheerful one, try making the title yellow. If it

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Choosing a typeface

Computer fonts are called typefaces or faces for short. Look through the list of typefaces available

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Why is it so short?

Our own handwriting is usually bigger than a computerʼs typeface.  So, if you type up a

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Title page pizzazz

A title page is just like the cover of a book—an entire page for your story

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Fancy first letters

An initial capital or initial cap is when the  first letter on a page is bigger

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Borders

If your story or poem is only one page long, try a border! Is your story

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Page numbers

Small things make your stories look more inviting and designed. If your written or typed story

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