2014
Lynda
Ina Saltz
39:40
English

Simply put, grids are an essential design tool for containing and organizing type and images. But they do so much more. Grids give compositions strength and structure. Grids help break space into units. And grids streamline the visual design process.
Designer Ina Saltz walks you through how to use grids effectively in both print and screen-based projects, offering examples from websites, books, magazines, and even comic strips. Ina touches on using grids to solve issues with hierarchy, proportion, and variation, and points out occasions that might warrant breaking away from the grid, to give your compositions more visual tension and interest. Start here and learn how to add this powerful tool to your typographic arsenal

Introduction
Welcome
1. Creating Basic Typographic Grids
Creating a manuscript or "book" grid
Creating grids with columns
Creating modular grids
Using grids to create hierarchy
Classic grids: The golden section rectangle and the Fleckhaus 12-column grid
2. Creating Complex Typographic Grids
Creating unequal modules within the grid
Creating grids for tabular matter
Breaking out of the grid: Creating movement and dynamism
Emphasizing creative chaos over order
3. Creative Challenge
Creative challenge: Design a poster or webpage
Creative challenge: Solutions
Conclusion
Recap and what's next

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