Sunday, March 31, 2013

Grid System Understanding

WHAT IS GRID?

A Grid subdivides a page vertically and horizontally into margins, columns, inter-column spaces, lines of type, and spaces between blocks of type and images. Grid is also a framework of spaced bars that parallel to or cross each other.

WHY DO WE NEED GRID?
These subdivisions from the basis of a modular and systematic approach to the layout, particularly for multipage documents, making the design process quicker, and ensure visual consistency between related pages.

WHAT IS LAYOUT?

Page layout is the part of graphic design that deals in the arrangement and style treatment of elements (content) on a page; and it's the way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out, and the way in which text or pictures are set out on a page.

PRINT BASE
Print base is base on the printed stuff such as T-shirts, handouts, books, magazines and etc.

WEB BASE
Web base is based online, such as webpages, websites layout.

TIME BASE
Time base is based on the time, such as video and sound, there's a grid of the time in the videos or sound.

The benefits of using a grid are multifarious, ranging from the psychological to the functional, and of course the aesthetic.

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