Typography: Working with Grids

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

Course Description

Overview

Why do great designers use grids? Learn the principles of using grids to give your compositions strength and structure, break space into units, and streamline your design process.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome

1. Creating Basic Typographic Grids

Creating a manuscript or "book" grid
Creating grids with columns
Creating modular grids
Using grids to create hierarchy
Classic grids: The golden section rectangle and the Fleckhaus 12-column grid

2. Creating Complex Typographic Grids

Creating unequal modules within the grid
Creating grids for tabular matter
Breaking out of the grid: Creating movement and dynamism
Emphasizing creative chaos over order

3. Creative Challenge

Creative challenge: Design a poster or webpage
Creative challenge: Solutions

Conclusion

Recap and what's next

Taught by

Ina Saltz

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