What is Hierarchy?
The visual order of elements on a screen arranged so the most important information is seen first. Size, weight, and contrast create hierarchy.
headline → subhead → body
Visual hierarchy is created with...
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
Set up a clear hierarchy: large bold headline, medium subhead, small body text. Eye lands on the headline first.
In the illustration
Three equal plates swell to large-bold, medium and small; the sighting scope swings across and stops on the headline first.
Fix the hierarchy on the pricing frame in your design tool: the price should read first, the plan name second, the feature list third.
Try it now
The fastest way to learn a word is to use it. Open this line in the agent you already work in and watch what it does. Change the tool to the one you use.
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01Practice
Make it stick
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02Verify
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03Career
Find the work that uses it
See which roles lean on this vocabulary, and what they pay in year one.
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