Typography An introduction to Grids & Layout The following presentation is only designed as a taster and is by no means comprehensive. As students of Graphic Design it is very much up to you to explore and experiment - and by doing so begin to understand how you can create and dictate a given aesthetic. In design terms layout and editorial design form one of the cornerstones of Graphic Design & involve the combination of several basic skills which include an understanding of:-
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Accuracy & Detailing Crafting Colour Strategies Proportion Balance Creating Visual Tension Information Hierarchies Image Manipulation Juxtaposition Cropping Formats
* these are transferable skills
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Step 1 - Acquire a good reference book(s) on the basics of layout and editorial design. Featured here are just 4 examples of the many on the market
Newspapers an everyday example of how grids are utilised to organise and give mass information a form & structure. By one and analyse it.
Some basic Terminology
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Typefaces. stresses and families.
Scale & cropping an image