In this assignment, I investigated the Bible of Ethiopia to reflect the use of contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity (CRAP ). It gave me some impressive insight into the history of graphic communication and design. I was overwhelmed by the usage of design in the pictures, symbols, and color in these ancient books. The cover had silver on a brown background to demonstrate contrast, the black text and some red text on white background. The colors orange, blue, red, yellow, white and black were vivid on most pages to illustrated repetition. The usage of the kente’ clothe in the book represented unity with the colors and heritage. The author centered the pictures in the frame with some text and symbols. The text was aligned in rows neatly horizontally on white background with some pages using columns, borders and symbols. The proximity of the pictures, symbols and text were near each other. The author’s techniques of pictures,colors, and symbols employed through out the book represented an excellent understanding of design and the importance usage of CRAP was necessary in early centuries.
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