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Page 1: Type on a Grid on a...1. The Grid System website 2. The Grid System Flickr pool 3. Aisle One website: Grids, Minimalism, Modernism 4. Deconstruction & the computer in graphic design:

Type on a Grid a lecture on creating ordered text

darrin scott hunter

ldquoThe grid system is an aid not a guarantee It permits a number of possible uses and each designer can look for a solution appropriate to his personal style But one must learn how to use the grid it is an art that requires practicerdquo

mdashJosef Muumlller-Brockmann

Josef Muumlller-Brockmann

ldquoFor some graphic designers it

has become an unquestioned part of the working process that yields precision

order and clarity For others it is symbolic of Old Guard aesthetic oppression a stifling cage that hinders the search for expressionrdquo

mdashTimothy Samara

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 amp Resources

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

1 The Grid System website2 The Grid System Flickr pool3 Aisle One website Grids Minimalism Modernism4 Deconstruction amp the computer in graphic design Grids Minimalism5 Grid Designer 2 utility website (does math)6 Essay Anthony Froshaugrsquos Typography is a Grid

Grid use Ancient

Ancient Babylon | 17th c BCE gt

Timgad Algeria Roman town | 100 CE gt

lt Indus River Valley Civilization | 2600 BCE

lt Teotihuacan | 1500 CE

Grid use Modern

Grid use Structural

  • Type on a Grid Lecturepdf
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_002
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_003
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_004
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Page 2: Type on a Grid on a...1. The Grid System website 2. The Grid System Flickr pool 3. Aisle One website: Grids, Minimalism, Modernism 4. Deconstruction & the computer in graphic design:

ldquoThe grid system is an aid not a guarantee It permits a number of possible uses and each designer can look for a solution appropriate to his personal style But one must learn how to use the grid it is an art that requires practicerdquo

mdashJosef Muumlller-Brockmann

Josef Muumlller-Brockmann

ldquoFor some graphic designers it

has become an unquestioned part of the working process that yields precision

order and clarity For others it is symbolic of Old Guard aesthetic oppression a stifling cage that hinders the search for expressionrdquo

mdashTimothy Samara

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 amp Resources

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

1 The Grid System website2 The Grid System Flickr pool3 Aisle One website Grids Minimalism Modernism4 Deconstruction amp the computer in graphic design Grids Minimalism5 Grid Designer 2 utility website (does math)6 Essay Anthony Froshaugrsquos Typography is a Grid

Grid use Ancient

Ancient Babylon | 17th c BCE gt

Timgad Algeria Roman town | 100 CE gt

lt Indus River Valley Civilization | 2600 BCE

lt Teotihuacan | 1500 CE

Grid use Modern

Grid use Structural

  • Type on a Grid Lecturepdf
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_002
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_003
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_004
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_005
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Page 3: Type on a Grid on a...1. The Grid System website 2. The Grid System Flickr pool 3. Aisle One website: Grids, Minimalism, Modernism 4. Deconstruction & the computer in graphic design:

Josef Muumlller-Brockmann

ldquoFor some graphic designers it

has become an unquestioned part of the working process that yields precision

order and clarity For others it is symbolic of Old Guard aesthetic oppression a stifling cage that hinders the search for expressionrdquo

mdashTimothy Samara

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 amp Resources

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

1 The Grid System website2 The Grid System Flickr pool3 Aisle One website Grids Minimalism Modernism4 Deconstruction amp the computer in graphic design Grids Minimalism5 Grid Designer 2 utility website (does math)6 Essay Anthony Froshaugrsquos Typography is a Grid

Grid use Ancient

Ancient Babylon | 17th c BCE gt

Timgad Algeria Roman town | 100 CE gt

lt Indus River Valley Civilization | 2600 BCE

lt Teotihuacan | 1500 CE

Grid use Modern

Grid use Structural

  • Type on a Grid Lecturepdf
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_002
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_003
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_004
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_005
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_006
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_007
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Page 4: Type on a Grid on a...1. The Grid System website 2. The Grid System Flickr pool 3. Aisle One website: Grids, Minimalism, Modernism 4. Deconstruction & the computer in graphic design:

ldquoFor some graphic designers it

has become an unquestioned part of the working process that yields precision

order and clarity For others it is symbolic of Old Guard aesthetic oppression a stifling cage that hinders the search for expressionrdquo

mdashTimothy Samara

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 amp Resources

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

1 The Grid System website2 The Grid System Flickr pool3 Aisle One website Grids Minimalism Modernism4 Deconstruction amp the computer in graphic design Grids Minimalism5 Grid Designer 2 utility website (does math)6 Essay Anthony Froshaugrsquos Typography is a Grid

Grid use Ancient

Ancient Babylon | 17th c BCE gt

Timgad Algeria Roman town | 100 CE gt

lt Indus River Valley Civilization | 2600 BCE

lt Teotihuacan | 1500 CE

Grid use Modern

Grid use Structural

  • Type on a Grid Lecturepdf
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_002
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_003
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_004
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_005
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_006
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_007
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Page 5: Type on a Grid on a...1. The Grid System website 2. The Grid System Flickr pool 3. Aisle One website: Grids, Minimalism, Modernism 4. Deconstruction & the computer in graphic design:

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 amp Resources

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

1 The Grid System website2 The Grid System Flickr pool3 Aisle One website Grids Minimalism Modernism4 Deconstruction amp the computer in graphic design Grids Minimalism5 Grid Designer 2 utility website (does math)6 Essay Anthony Froshaugrsquos Typography is a Grid

Grid use Ancient

Ancient Babylon | 17th c BCE gt

Timgad Algeria Roman town | 100 CE gt

lt Indus River Valley Civilization | 2600 BCE

lt Teotihuacan | 1500 CE

Grid use Modern

Grid use Structural

  • Type on a Grid Lecturepdf
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_002
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_003
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_004
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_005
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Page 6: Type on a Grid on a...1. The Grid System website 2. The Grid System Flickr pool 3. Aisle One website: Grids, Minimalism, Modernism 4. Deconstruction & the computer in graphic design:

Grid use Ancient

Ancient Babylon | 17th c BCE gt

Timgad Algeria Roman town | 100 CE gt

lt Indus River Valley Civilization | 2600 BCE

lt Teotihuacan | 1500 CE

Grid use Modern

Grid use Structural

  • Type on a Grid Lecturepdf
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_002
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_003
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_004
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_005
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_006
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_007
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Page 7: Type on a Grid on a...1. The Grid System website 2. The Grid System Flickr pool 3. Aisle One website: Grids, Minimalism, Modernism 4. Deconstruction & the computer in graphic design:

Grid use Modern

Grid use Structural

  • Type on a Grid Lecturepdf
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_002
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_003
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_004
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_005
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_006
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_007
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Page 8: Type on a Grid on a...1. The Grid System website 2. The Grid System Flickr pool 3. Aisle One website: Grids, Minimalism, Modernism 4. Deconstruction & the computer in graphic design:

Grid use Structural

  • Type on a Grid Lecturepdf
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_002
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_003
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_004
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_005
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_006
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Page 9: Type on a Grid on a...1. The Grid System website 2. The Grid System Flickr pool 3. Aisle One website: Grids, Minimalism, Modernism 4. Deconstruction & the computer in graphic design:
  • Type on a Grid Lecturepdf
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_002
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_003
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_004
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_005
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_006
  • Samara_MampBtheGrid_007
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