CONTENTS Introduction 6 How to get the most out of this book 8 The need for grids10 Organising information 12 How we read a page 14 How we view a screen 18 Form and function 22 Grid basics 26 ISO and paper sizes 28 Anatomy of a page 30 Measurements 32 Shapes on a page 34 Proportion 38 Hierarchy 40 Net and dot drawing 42 Drawing a grid 46 The rule of thirds 50 The rule of odds 52 Grid types 54 Symmetrical 56 Asymmetrical 60 Modules 62 Compound grids 64 Combinations 70 The horizontal 72 The vertical 74 Diagonal and angular grids Grid elements 80 Type &T The baseline 86 Images 88 Horizontal alignment 92 Vertical alignment 94 Columns 96 Column numbers 98 Column widths 102 Type and column widths 106 Narrow column widths 108 Wide measures 110 Folios 112 Grid usage 116 Pattern 118 Visible grids 120 Scale 122 The perimeter 124 Axis 128 Juxtaposition 132 White space 134 Environmental grids 136 Multiple-language grids 140 Caption-orientated grids 142 Quantitative information grids 144 The grid as expression 146 Grids on the Web 148 Web basics 150 The digital grid 154 Orientation 156 Gloossary 160 Conclusion 172 Acknowledgements 174 Contacts 176