Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids (Design Essentials)
Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids (Design Essentials)
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Beth Tondreau
About the Author Beth Tondreau
However, knowing how to bend the rules and make certain grids work for the job at hand takes skill.This book outlines and demonstrates basic layout/grid guidelines and rules through 100 entries including choosing a typeface, striving for rhythm and balance with type, combining typefaces, using special characters and kerning and legibility. These essentials of grid design are critical to the success of any job.. 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
The book title says it all Layout ESSENTIALS - can't believe I didn't know this. Live and learn. Great great graphic design book. Can't believe I got through the the first 25 years of my design career without knowing the essential design technique. I was blind and now I can see things through a whole new creative light. Brave. Best design book I've purchased in years.. "great buy" according to Leigh-Anne Drago. Great book! Definitely would recommend to other graphic designers.. How about Technical Content Examples? Amazon Customer Someday, one of these design book authors is going to figure out that there are many more folks doing legal, technical, medical, and financial writing than ever before and guide us to design page layouts that help us reach our readers. The first chapter of this book is fantastic because the grid and its va