type on a grid lecture

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Type on a Grid // a lecture on creating ord

darrin scott hunter


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The grid system

is an aid, not aguarantee. It permitsa number of possibleuses and eachdesigner can look fora solution appropriateto his personal style.

But one must learnhow to use the


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Josef M


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For some graphicdesigners, it

has become anunquestioned part ofthe working processthat yields precision,

order, and clarity. For others, it issymbolic of OldGuard aesthetic

oppression, a stiflicage that hinders


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Grid Links + Resources //

1. Grid planning2. The Cardo and the Decumanus of Roman military planning3. The Modulor of Le Corbusier

History Of The Grid

Websites & Resources

Tutorials & Reference1. Grids in Page Layout2. Canons of Page Construction3. Mark Boulton: Five Steps to Designing Grid Systems.Preface | one | two | three | four | five4. Tutorial for setting up InDesign baseline grids

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_plan#Ancient_grid_planshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decumanus_Maximushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_(page_layout)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canons_of_page_constructionhttp://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-prefacehttp://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-part-1http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-part-2http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-part-3http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-part-4http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-part-5http://typophile.com/node/47265http://www.thegridsystem.org/http://www.thegridsystem.org/http://typophile.com/node/47265http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-part-5http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-part-4http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-part-3http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-part-2http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-part-1http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-designing-grid-systems-prefacehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canons_of_page_constructionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_(page_layout)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decumanus_Maximushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_plan#Ancient_grid_plans


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Grid use / Ancient //

Ancient Babylon | 17th c. BCE >

Timgad, Algeria, Roman town | 100 CE >

< Indus River ValleCivilization | 2600


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Grid use / Modern //


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Grid use / Structural //


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