Layout essentials : 100 design principles for using grids / Beth Tondreau.

Author/creator Tondreau, Beth
Format Book
Publication InfoBeverly, Mass. : Rockport Publishers, ©2009.
Description208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents Getting started : Elements of a grid -- Basic grid diagrams -- Determine the appropriate grid -- Formatting text -- Hierarchy of information -- Grid and image -- Combining grid, type, and image -- Color -- Space -- Rhythm and flow -- Working grids : Single column -- Two column -- Three column -- Multicolumn -- Modular -- Tables and charts -- Color as a dominant element -- Color as organizing principles -- Horizontal hierarchy -- When type forms the grid -- Filled and functional -- Spacious but not barren -- Seemingly gridless -- Organic shapes -- Swiss grid -- Grid, interrupted -- Grid, reconstructed -- Layered grid -- Grids and motion -- Breaking the rules.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203).
LCCN 2008035091
ISBN9781592534722
ISBN1592534724

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks Z246 .T65 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold