Graphic design
Designing an invitation

Garry uses graphics software to design an invitation to his birthday party, which will look something like the picture below. Based on esthetic considerations, Garry wants his design to meet the following criteria:

   The area of the central part, where the text of the invitation goes, is 30 square centimeters.

The width of the left and right margins is 2 centimeters.
The width of the top and bottom margins is 1 centimeter.


Investigate ways to design the invitation

Describe different ways in which the invitations can be designed to meet Garry's requirements.
  • Find the cheapest design: How would you design the invitation so that Garry's requirements are satisfied while the total area of the card is as small as possible?






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