Thursday 21 February 2013

Type & Grid Workshop Notes

Rule of Thirds






Grids & Canons



Van De Graaf


The Van de Graaf canon is a historical reconstruction of a method that may have been used in book design to divide a page in pleasing proportions.  This canon is also known as the "secret canon" used in many medieval manuscripts and incunabula. (wikipedia)




Below is my own attempt at the graph using inDesign.


Leading

There should be 7 words per line in a column according to empirical rule and the human eye can only read 30 - 35 cm away at a time.













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