Alignment

• The principle of alignment states that nothing should be placed on the page arbitrarily. Every item should have a visual connection with something else on the page. Alignment makes you think about why and where you but items on your page. If things are aligned it creates a stronger cohesive unit. The things are still physically apart but there is an invisible "line" connecting them. The principle of alignment tells us that even though the items are not close, they belong together or to the same piece. 
  
• Unity is an important concept in design. 
• In a good design one can always see what things are meant to be together r "align", no matter how scattered around they are.
• The purpose of alignment is to unify and organize the page.
• Centering text is usually a bad idea, its beginner like, but sometimes it can look god like on wedding invitations.