Tag: print

Limited Edition 2010 Letterpress Calendar

Grid-based lim­ited edi­tion let­ter­press cal­en­dar set in Helvetica.

Grid Calculator 1.3

A new ver­sion of the excel­lent Grid Cal­cu­la­tor has been released for the Mac. The main fea­ture of this upgrade is the abil­ity to cal­cu­late grids for web design.

Process: Airside by Airside

Air­side explains it’s process of cre­at­ing their book Air­side By Air­side. The arti­cle fea­tures a sec­tion on the grid sys­tem used for the layout.

Making Grids in Illustrator 2

The sec­ond part to Sig­ur­dur Armanns­son excel­lent arti­cle on cre­at­ing grid sys­tems in Adobe Illus­tra­tor. This arti­cle is based around the grid sys­tem devel­oped by Marcus Gärde.

InDesign 568x792 Grid System (12)

By Dario Gal­vagno. Adobe InDe­sign file with a grid sys­tem for a 568pts x 792pts page that is divided into 12 columns and rows using the Golden Ratio. Includes a 12pt baseline grid.

Illustrator 974px Grid System (12)

By Neil Bradley. Adobe Illus­tra­tor file with a grid sys­tem for a 974px wide page that is divided into 12 columns and rows using the Rule of Thirds (Golden Ratio). Includes a 16px baseline grid.

InDesign A4 Complex Grid System (12)

Adobe InDe­sign file with a grid sys­tem based on Karl Gerstner’s work for Cap­i­tal Mag­a­zine. The grid fea­tures a 4, 6 or 12 col­umn and a 4 or 6 row setup.

InDesign A3 Grid System (12)

Adobe InDe­sign file with a grid sys­tem for an A3 (297x420) page that is divided into 12 columns and rows using the Rule of Thirds (Golden Ratio). Includes a 12pt baseline grid.

InDesign A3 Grid System (6)

Adobe InDe­sign file with a grid sys­tem for an A3 (297x420) page that is divided into 6 columns and rows using the Rule of Thirds (Golden Ratio). Includes a 12pt baseline grid.

The Grid: A Modular System for the Design and Production of Newpapers, Magazines, and Books

A book on using grids in dif­fer­ent forms of print.

InDesign A4 Grid System (12)

Adobe InDe­sign file with a grid sys­tem for an A4 (210x297) page that is divided into 12 columns and rows using the Rule of Thirds (Golden Ratio). Includes a 12pt baseline grid.

InDesign A4 Grid System (6)

Adobe InDe­sign file with a grid sys­tem for an A4 (210x297) page that is divided into 6 columns and rows using the Rule of Thirds (Golden Ratio). Includes a 12pt baseline grid.

InDesign 8.5x11 Grid System (Fold)

A grid sys­tem for an 8.5“x11” page designed for busi­ness sta­tionery and opti­mized for ver­ti­cal fold­ing tech­niques. Based on the Rule of Thirds (Golden Ratio). Includes a 6pt baseline grid.

InDesign 8.5x11 Grid System (12)

Adobe InDe­sign file with a grid sys­tem for an 8.5“x11” page that is divided into 12 columns and rows using the Rule of Thirds (Golden Ratio). Includes a 12pt baseline grid.

InDesign 11x17 Grid System (12)

Adobe InDe­sign file with a grid sys­tem for an 11“x17” page that is divided into 12 columns and rows using the Rule of Thirds (Golden Ratio). Includes a 12pt baseline grid.

InDesign 11x17 Grid System (6)

Adobe InDe­sign file with a grid sys­tem for an 11“x17” page that is divided into 6 columns and rows using the Rule of Thirds (Golden Ratio). Includes a 12pt baseline grid.

InDesign 8.5x11 Grid System (6)

Adobe InDe­sign file with a grid sys­tem for an 8.5“x11” page that is divided into 6 columns and rows using the Rule of Thirds (Golden Ratio). Includes a 12pt baseline grid.

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Made popular by the International Typographic Style movement and pioneered by legends like Josef Müller-Brockmann and Wim Crouwel, the grid is the foundation of any solid design. The Grid System is an ever-growing resource where graphic designers can learn about grid systems, the golden ratio and baseline grids.

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