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Information Design JournalVol. 1:3 (1979) ► pp.204–213
Comprehensibility of illustration — an analytical model
It is suggested that the means to analyse illustration would be of great benefit to students, illustrators, publishers and others, and a model is presented identifying 12 elements which the author believes contribute to the comprehensibility of pictures, particularly those intended to be in support of text.
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