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DEKSTOP PUBLISHING
2.0 THE GRID BASICS: STRUCTURAL LAYOUT DESIGN
BASIC PART OF PAGEa. Clarity
b. Efficiency
c. Economy
d. Continuity
TYPE OF GRIDS
1. Manuscript Grid
Mainly used for publication such as books and essays which have smaller format sizes.
Best suited to continuous blocks of text and large images that full out all of the live area or while page bleed
Also called Single Column Grids or Block Grids
GRIDS: an imaginary pattern of crossed lines which serves as a guide for placing items in relation to one another
TYPE OF GRIDS
2. Column Grid
Series of columns
Used in magazines, newspapers, book or any publication where the text isn’t continuous or in situations where you have a number of different elements working together at once.
They are particularly useful for layout that need to be flexible, as the more columns you have the more flexible the structure becomes.
TYPE OF GRIDS
3. Modular Grid
Used for more complex layout to contend with, for larger formats or when you need to fit in large amounts of information.
The page is divided both vertically and horizontally to create rows and columns, which in turn create modules.
Group of modules together create spatial zones that determine the placement of text and positioning of images
TYPE OF GRIDS
4. Hierarchical Grid
Mostly used for Web design or electronic media which have an active navigation.
The page is arranged based on the importance of the information, and the information can be emphasized through sizes and placement or arrangement.
Colors also allow the reader to identify the importance of each section
THE ANATOMY OF GRID a. Columns
b. Modules
c. Margins
d. Flow lines
e. Spatial Zones
f. Markers
ColumnsVertical divisions of space used to align visual
elements
Single, multiple columns can be used or interchanged
The quantity and complexity of information determines columns
Gutter Width: Column Intervals, negative spacesthat separate one column from the next and prevent text and images from clashing
Modules
MarginsDefine the active area of a page and direct the
viewer toward the visual elementsMargins may vary in size depending on format
as well as contentFolios and footers may be placed in the marginsMargins are not intended to trap content,
theyare instead used to activate the positive spacesin a layout
For layouts with large amounts of text (books),large margins are ideal as they provide breathing space
Flow lines Support for vertical columns by dividing the
page into horizontal intervals to provide additional alignment points across a grid.
Wonderful tools to achieve consistency in a layout
– Dictate the horizontal positions of a visual elements and how they rise or fall along columns
Spatial Zones
Markers
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