DD 303 |
Typography and Grid system |
0-2-4-8 |
Syllabus: Basic
Anatomy of a Grid; Text page, Margins, Flow Lines, Fields/Modules, Columns,
Rows, Gutters, Folios, Headers, Footers, Markers; Kinds of Grids - Manuscript,
Column, Modular, Hierarchical; History and functions of Layouts as part of
different kinds of Grids; Grids as tools to create Balance, Order &
Visual Hierarchy; Grids in font designs; Design of Grids in page layouts,
selection and applications of Grids in stylesheets;
Layout alignment strategies for creating web pages. Text/Reference Books: 1.
T. Samara, Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design
Layout Workshop, Rockport Publishers, 2005. 2.
G. Ambrose, Basics design 07: grids / Gavin Ambrose, Second
Edi. Switzerland: AVA Publishing, 2012. 3.
Hurlburt, (The) grid : a modular system for the design and production of
newspapers,
magazines and books / Allen Hurlburt, New York: John Wiley & Sons. 1978 4.
H.B. Higgins, (The) grid book / Hannah B. Higgins, Cambridge:
MIT Press, 2009 5.
G. Davis, (The) designer's toolkit : 500 grids & style
sheets / Graham Davis, Lewes: ILEX., 2007 [One
CD-ROM NC 1453 is separately available in the Central Library, IIT Guwahati] 6.
J. Muller-Brockmann, Grids in
Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic
Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers, Sixth Edi. Niggli Verlag Publishers, 1999 7.
V. Gotz,
Grids for Internet and Other Digital Media, AVA Publishing, 2002 |