There are many places where we've to put an image one below the other and write their description in a line or so. Where should the description text be? above it or below?
I know the best option is to place it on side but sometimes it's just not possible. Which one if you had to choose between these two?
Answer
- To create connection between image and description use the proximity principle from the set of Gestalt principles, giving less space to connect the elements and more space between chunks of information to separate. This gives good results both for above or below description placement.
To support information consumption flow, exploiting human's percertion, I'd recommend to use description below the image.
As an image is more attractive element and recognized more faster then text, it serves as an entry point. Then, following the top-to-bottom reading pattern, the description is provided.
Placing description above an image could create "decision point" and pause the flow, as to read the description user shoud go up, while next image, which is below, attracts user's focus.
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