Monday, November 17, 2014

Answered Questions

Q: What are the advantages of a multiple column grid? 
      A: Multicolumn grids provide flexibility for layouts. Variations of columns widths and spacing are available when using multicolumn grids. The more columns there are the more flexible and un-static a layout can be. 

Q: How many characters is optimal for a line length? words per line?

      A: 75 characters, 12 words

Q:Why is the baseline grid used?
      A: anchor all or nearly all to common elements. To create consistency. 

Q: What are reasons to justify? Unjustify?
       A: Justification creates efficient use of space on a layout. It also creates a clean compact shape on the page and useful for newspapers and books.
Unjustify when large gaps occur or if the line length is too long on a page.

Q: What is a typographic river?
       A: river of white gaps in typesetting which can run through a body of text. These are extremely visible and distracting in copy. 

Q: What does clothesline, hangline or flow line mean?
      A: Clothesline-
          Hangline-
          Flowline-

Q: What is type color/texture mean?
      A:The light or bold aspect of a font

Q: How does x-height effect type color?
      A: Smaller text look more dens, while large text can look less bold even though they can occupy more of the space. 

Q: What are some ways to indicate a new paragraph. Are there any rules?
       A:You can indicate a new paragraph by an indent or line break even a symbol. 
          Some rules to follow Line break and ½ line space, outdent and line break, extra space inside line
      


   

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