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***** E-Mail Desktop Publishing Designer Course *****
*** LESSON 2D ***
(Continuation 2 column layout grid)
2 Columns of Different Widths
This only works if you have two texts of different significance
running in parallel. For instance a main text with a subsidiary
commentary. Otherwise it is effectively the same as a narrow single
column.
A useful proportion is for the narrower column to be half the size of
the wider column, so if the narrower column text runs on longer than
the main text, a page of 2 or 3 narrow columns can be inserted. Index
and similar pages can be treated this way.
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THREE COLUMN LAYOUT GRID
Advantages: A good grid for getting a lively, active layout.
Economical but the narrow columns will probably mean flush left
setting and a smaller type size.
Disadvantage: Unless the layout is well controlled it can become
confused. It helps if you are willing to use a generous amount of
white space.
Most suited to any document where text has to be combined with
illustrations and diagrams or where the text has to be broken up with
boxes and subsidiary matter.
Typical Proportions for an 8-1/2 X 11" page:
Text area - 7-1/8 X 9", 3 cols of 2-1/8" + 3/16" gutters
Margins - head 3/4, foot 1-1/4, inside 11/16, outside 1-1/16
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FOUR COLUMN LAYOUT GRID
Advantages: Very economical for text with a lot of short lines such as
an index or list. It can be the basis for a lively layout but the 3
column grid can be easier to handle.
Disadvantage: Relatively few characters to a line so the type size
will have to be small and the text set flush left.
Most suited to indexes, dictionaries, and other lists of this type.
Can be combined with a 2 column grid for magazine and broadsheet
(newspaper size) layout.
Typical Proportions for an 8-1/2 X 11" page:
Text area - 7-5/16 X 9-1/8, 4 cols of 1-11/16" + 3/16" gutters
Margins - head 5/8, foot 1-1/4, inside 1/2, outside 11/16
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**NOTE** A column is considered a vertical grid
HORIZONTAL GRIDS
The advantage of a horizontal grid is that it imposes discipline on
what may otherwise appear to be a random and unrelated layout.
Horizontal grids are particularly valuable when illustrations are to be
used. But too rigid an adherence to the grid can also cause
difficulties. You may find yourself trying to force an illustration
into a certain grid only to find out that by cropping to fit, the
illustration loses meaning. If illustrations can be sized sensibly to
the same heights as your grid divisions, this will make things look
better and make it easier to swap them around if you change their
order.
SAMPLES OF HORIZONTAL GRIDS with VERTICAL GRIDS
┌─────────────┬─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┬─────────────┐
│ ┌────┬────┐ │ ┌────┬────┐ │ │ ┌─────────┐ │ ┌─────────┐ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │XX │ │ │XX │ │
│ ╞════╪════╡ │ ╞════╪════╡ │ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │ │xxxx ┌──┐│ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │ │xxxx │ ││ │
│ ╞════╪════╡ │ ╞════╪════╡ │ │ │┌───────┐│ │ │xxxx └──┘│ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ││ ││ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │
│ ╞════╪════╡ │ ╞════╪════╡ │ │ ││PHOTO ││ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ││ ││ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │
│ ╞════╪════╡ │ ╞════╪════╡ │ │ │└───────┘│ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │
│ ╞════╪════╡ │ ╞════╪════╡ │ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │ │┌───────┐│ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │ ││ ││ │
│ ╞════╪════╡ │ ╞════╪════╡ │ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │ ││Illus. ││ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │xxxx xxxx│ │ │└───────┘│ │
│ └────┴────┘ │ └────┴────┘ │ │ └─────────┘ │ └─────────┘ │
│ │ │ │ 2 │ 3 │
└─────────────┴─────────────┘ └─────────────┴─────────────┘
GRID LAYOUT 2 COLUMN SPREAD ACTUAL PAGE
This illustration is based on a page depth of 62 lines of 10 point
type on a 12 point body. The page is divided horizontally into 7
panels of 8 lines of text each with one line space between each panel.
(7 X 8) + 6 = 62 (this is where you use your line counter you made).
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***** END OF LESSON 2 *****