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Tondreau, Beth.

Layout essent ials: 100 design principles for using grids / Beth Tondreau .
p. cm.
Includes bibliograph ical references.
ISBN-13: 978'1-59253-472-2

ISBN-l 0: 1-59253-472-4

1. Grids (Typographic design) 2. Layou t (Print ing) 3. Graphic design

(Typography) I. Titl e.

Z246.T652008
686.2'252--dc22

2008035091

ISBN -1 3: 978-1- 59253-472-2

ISBN -l 0: 1-59253-472-4

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Design: BTDNYC
Diagrams: Punyapol "Noom" Kittayarak

Pri nted in Singapore

For Pat
NO LIST OF ESSENTIALS ADEQUATELY CAPTURES YOU.
 Contents

8 Introduction

HGrids are the most Getting Started

misunderstood and 10 Elements of a Grid

11 Basic Grid Diagrams

misused element in page 12 Determine the Appropriate Grid

13 Formatting Text
layout. A grid is only
14 Hierarchy of Information

useful if it is derived from 15 Grid and Image

16 Combining Grid, Type, and Image

the material it is intended 17 Color

18 Space
to handle." 19 Rhythm and Flow

-DEREK BIRDSALL
Notes on Book Design