Graphics Programs Reference
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we know them now even existed, and there's no reason to ditch
a working methodology simply because we work on a screen
and not a drafting table nowadays.
A page grid:
N
Can have any number of cells. However, more than
three columns or rows, and you have visual confetti and
not a grid.
Doesn't have to feature content in every cell (some can be
N
vacant), and cells in a grid don't have to be of equal size.
Can float the elements within the cells at any alignment.
N
Your own eye is going to tell you when elements in
neighboring cells should be aligned next to each other or
aligned identically relative to the cells they occupy.
Being a rule-based system, like all rules, once you
N
thoroughly understand them, you can successfully bend
and break the rules as a designer. This means your
objects don't have to perfectly fit in a cell and elements
can span cells; a page grid is a structure from which you
hang stuff. It's your support, it's your playground, but
it's not a pair of handcuffs.
F IGURE 9-4
Create a grid on
a page or in your mind as the
structure for the page's elements.
Figure 9-4 shows a few examples of classic page layout grids.
The structure of each grid defines the page layout.
 
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