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The reception of visual messages is increasing in speed and complexity due to advancement in communication media and technology. The effective visual dues in the composition can lead the audience to develop connection between the vision and mentality, so that the efficacy and speed of message reception become increasingly important. Composition, through planned visual route and message location, can enhance the audience’s capability in handling the received message. Therefore, it is a key point in effective visual communication design. The purpose of this study is to investigate the visual response triggered by the composition on print media and its causes, and probe into the visual starting point, order’s direction, rate of gaze, the background variants of the test subjects, the composition styles, and time under the influence of the composition. Experiment was adopted in this study, and select test subjects with and without design backgrounds for this experiment. The experimental data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, and MANOVA. The results are provided as guidelines on composition to designers. The results are as follows: (1)For composition with extreme point, test subjects perceived the extreme point as the visual starting point; for composition without particular style, test subjects perceived the upper left of the composition as the visual starting point. (2)For styled composition, the most test subjects in design major followed the composition on their visual order, and test subjects of non-design major showed centralized line of sight or were guided on visual order from the central point. For composition without particular style, all test subjects followed centralized line of sight toward the central point or diffused line of sight from the central point. (3)For styled composition, gaze of the audience was on extreme point and central point. For composition without particular style, the gaze was on the central area. (4)The extreme point of composition was the key point to difference between composition with and without style. (5)The visual response of test subjects in design major were influenced by figures and named“Figures Guide Style”, and test subjects in non-design major were influenced by reading direction, named“Reading Guide Style”.(6)When the test time was too short, the difference of visual response was insignificant, but it affected the instantaneous impression of the test subjects and their viewing model.
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