Type and grid: workshop with lorenzo

For Lorenzo's workshop we were asked to bring a template of a basic 16x11cm thumbnail to work from.

 Here is the grid line ruler we cut out to help us measure accurately for the task.

Initially i didn't understand the idea at all, but after few attempts i grasped how type and grid worked and why it was necessary, i feel this is a task i need to experiment more with to fully understand layouts on a page. 

 

NOTES:

Type and grid

- Components

- Weights and sizes

- Styles

10pt leading 10/14pt 

For body type 4pt

X Heights:

- Can't judge point size by the X height

- Same point size but different X height impact on visual size

Using type:

- Readability

- Hierachy: Headings, sub headings, running heads, intro body, captions, folios.

- Specials, breakouts, pull quotes, drop caps.

Transport and medium:

-Font transport, medium and bold were produced in the UK 1958

Reverse out:

- Switch 'black and white' foreground and background

Tints: 

- Different emphasise through colour

Layout:

- Application (bible, cookbook, manual, novel, script, magazine)

- Grids

- Conventions, paras, columns, justified, line length