Gestalt principles are one of the means by which the diverse elements of a design can be combined into a coherent visual documentation. The principles drive the graphic designer to deliver the visual document that guides the selective attention of human beings. To achieve superior results in their work, visual artists and designers began adopting as standard practice the application of gestalt perceptual aspects. This article takes a look at a few of the most important gestalt visual principles and discusses how those ideas might be applied in the field of visual documentation. The article also takes a look at some examples of visual documentation.
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