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Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids

Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids

Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids
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Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids Hardback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Tondreau, Beth

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  • Title Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids
  • Author Tondreau, Beth
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rockport Publishers
  • Publication date 2009-02-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Q-1592534724
  • ISBN 9781592534722 / 1592534724
  • Weight 2.2 lbs (1.00 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.25 x 8.75 x 0.88 in (26.04 x 22.23 x 2.24 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Graphic design (Typography), Layout (Printing)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008035091
  • Dewey Decimal Code 686.225
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

Adhering to certain layout and grids standards and principles is important for any job from brochures, to annual reports, to posters, to websites, to publications. However, knowing how to bend the rules and make certain grids work for the job at hand takes skill.

This book will outline and demonstrate basic layout/grid guidelines and rules through 100 entries including choosing the a typeface for the project, striving for rhythm and balance with type, combining typefaces, using special characters and kerning and legibility. These essentials of grid design are critical to the success of any job.

About the author

Beth Tondreau is the founder and principal of BTD, a small design firm that works with publishers to design books and book jackets and small businesses to develop their identities. She currently teaches in the Communication Design Department of New York City College of Technology in New York. Tondreau has been involved as a mentor in the AIGA/NY Mentoring Program and has served on the board of directors of AIGA/NYC.
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