
118 Best Practices for Graphic Designers: Grids and Page Layouts
How these groups of information are distinguished
from and linked to one another plays a large role in
determining the viewer’s accessibility to the content. It
is seldom conducive to improving legibility by having
body copy that looks like an afterthought tacked on to
a headline. Working closely with a copywriter can also
help to ensure that relationships among the hierarchi-
cal groups of content are consistent. A three-sentence
headline might feel awkward next to a three-sentence
section of body copy if, on the following page, there is a
one-sentence headline with ten sentence ...