The following presentation on using two of the Gestalt principles of visual perception in typographic design was written and produced by Mike Cuenca. If you find this presentation helpful, you'll probably like the Typography Basics presentation, as well.

The movie runs approximately 7 minutes. You can return to the beginning of the movie by pressing the Quit button. On Windows machines, you can access the Shockwave controls to adjust the volume and pause the movie by right-clicking anywhere in the movie window. On the Mac, access the Shockwave controls by control-clicking in the movie window.

After you finish watching this presentation, don't forget to visit the Typography Basics presentation.

WARNING: The movie is quite large and is intended for viewing over broadband connections. The movie will stream into your computer and play as it loads, but you will still experience a long wait if you are using a telephone-line modem.