Culture · 6 pages · 12 min
How a grid holds a page
A grid repeats columns and alignments so type and pictures share the same lines.
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From the opening
A grid holds a page by giving type and images a repeated set of columns, gaps, and alignments, so elements land on shared lines instead of wherever they first happened to fit. It is a structure for relationships, and later pages look settled because those same lines keep holding them. The opening covers columns, gutters, and baselines, alignment you can trace, and a break needs a grid to cross.
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Inside
- Columns, gutters, and baselines
- Alignment you can trace
- A break needs a grid to cross
- Reflow is still a structure
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- The typographic grid of columns and modules
- Baseline alignment in multi-column pages