Using White Spaces in Web Designing

While designing a web page, the designer gathers all the text, graphics, pictures, backgrounds and animations etc. and tries to use them in such a fashion that the web page looks attractive, serves its purpose and sooths the eyes so as to retain the viewer. Many people make the mistake of overloading the page with content and the result is that the web page appears to be congested and the viewer is not able to develop an interest into the content.

White spaces are the empty spaces between text, pictures, graphics or any other content that help in imparting the web page a clutter free and aesthetically pleasing look. It is true that these spaces do not carry any content but an effective use of them while designing a page can change the look and feel of the page altogether.

The importance of white spaces in web design is that they help the viewer shift his eyes comfortably. It also helps in separating the contents from each other. A smart use of white spaces becomes extremely important in the web design if the web page carries a lot of information. If there is too much written content, it would be wise to divide the written content into well formatted paragraphs so that the content does not look messy.

Besides this, white spaces can also set the tone of the web page and its contents. If the web page is rich in graphics and visuals, they would be able to attract the attention of the viewer only if they have their separate identity on the page. If there is too much of both graphic and written content, the quantity and space occupied by the white spaces would have to be increased further. This should be done to ensure that the viewer does not miss any details or graphics even while browsing quickly.

To wind up, it would not be wrong to say that proper use of white spaces is as much an art as fitting the contents into the web page. This art needs to be mastered to ensure that high quality web designs are produced. For the designers who are not confident with the use of white spaces, it would be better if they begin with creating pages that are rich in white spaces and gradually cut down the spaces so as to find an appropriate aesthetically pleasing look that carries the necessary contents.