
28 Best Practices for Graphic Designers: Grids and Page Layouts
When the content consists of a large range of types of
material, a multicolumn grid can be a powerful tool
to help organize and standardize the communication.
Columns can be used independently for small blocks of
content, used in sequence for sections of running
text, or combined by crossing the gutter to make wider
columns. A column grid is an extremely flexible
structure; therefore, all possible configurations must
be considered when creating it. For example, what might
be an appropriate column width with a suitable
text line length for a single column might not work in
an applicat ...