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title: "What Is Material Design and How Its Principles Work in Print"
description: "What Material Design is, how the metaphor, type scale, tonal color, and 8dp grid work, and which of those rules a print designer can actually use on paper."
resource: https://www.4over4.com/guide/what-is-material-design
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timestamp: 2026-08-08T21:25:50.722Z
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# What Is Material Design and How Its Principles Work in Print

What Material Design is, how the metaphor, type scale, tonal color, and 8dp grid work, and which of those rules a print designer can actually use on paper.

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