Monday, February 1, 2016

P1:2

 What are the advantages of a multiple column grid.? 
  • it gives you a lot of options and diversity in the layout 

_ How many characters is optimal for a line length? words per line?
  • 50-60

_ Why is the baseline grid used in design?
  • to make sure all text lines up through out the spread
_ What are reasons to set type justified? ragged (unjustified)?
  • justified type creates even endings and a square looking paragraph but it also someones spaces the line super wonky
  • unjustified doesn't do the whole wonky think at the end and leaves the spacing natural
_ What is a typographic river?
  • gaps of white that run within the text of a paragraph when it is spaced unevenly
_ What does clothesline, hang-line or flow line mean?
  • where one small word is hanging on the end of a line
_ What is type color/texture mean?
  • type color- how dense or heavy the type is on the page
  • type texture- the way the paragraph looks from afar
_ How does x-height effect type color?
  • x height can effect the legibility of type
_ What are some ways to indicate a new paragraph. Are there any rules?
  • no first indent-rule
  • but after that indent
  • line break