Chapter 5 Typographic Grid
Chapter 5 is about the typographic grid, which is the
skeletal framework used by designers to organize information within a spatial
field. I am a pretty big fan in using a
grid whenever I am designing something because it really helps make sure
everything is lined up and perfectly straight. I found it interesting when the
author’s mentioned that the grid is woven deeply into our subconscious. I guess
this is something that I had never really thought about but it makes sense
because for most people we are always trying to make sure we’re organized and
look put together. This is very similar to when you are trying to design
something with those some thoughts in mind. Another thing that I never realized
was how much math that really went into the process in making the grid, when
the author’s starting talking about all the ratios and formulas, I got quite
confused.
On page 96, I really enjoyed the
full page of examples on how to divide space within a page, I think that it
might be handy to use in the future. I also enjoyed all the other examples that
showed the original image and then underneath it showed how it would be divided
into a grid. I found this to really help me understand the concepts that were
mentioned in the reading. Before doing this reading I never knew that there
were so many different types of grids. Traditionally when I would use a grid it
would be some form of modular grid. Personally I find that grid to be the
easiest to understand out of the three the book mentions, (single column,
multi-column, and modular) especially in you are working with a lot of images
and text. But I am sure that each grid has its own purpose and works well in
different situations.
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