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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815902703321

Autore

Tondreau Beth

Titolo

Layout essentials : 100 design principles for using grids / / Beth Tondreau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Beverly, Mass. : , : Rockport Publishers, , 2008

©2009

ISBN

1-61673-613-5

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

686.2/252

Soggetti

Grids (Typographic design)

Layout (Printing)

Graphic design (Typography)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203).

Nota di contenuto

Getting started : Elements of a grid -- Basic grid diagrams -- Determine the appropriate grid -- Formatting text -- Hierarchy of information -- Grid and image -- Combining grid, type, and image -- Color -- Space -- Rhythm and flow -- Working grids : Single column -- Two column -- Three column -- Multicolumn -- Modular -- Tables and charts -- Color as a dominant element -- Color as organizing principles -- Horizontal hierarchy -- When type forms the grid -- Filled and functional -- Spacious but not barren -- Seemingly gridless -- Organic shapes -- Swiss grid -- Grid, interrupted -- Grid, reconstructed -- Layered grid -- Grids and motion -- Breaking the rules.

Sommario/riassunto

Adhering to certain layout and grids standards and principles is important for any job from brochures, to annual reports, to posters, to websites, to publications.