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Grid systems in graphic design : a visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers = Raster Systeme für die visuelle Gestaltung: ein Handbuch für Grafiker, Typografen und Ausstellungsgestalter / Josef Müller-Brockmann.

By: Müller-Brockmann, Josef, 1914-1996.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Zürich, Switz. : Verlag Niggli, 2016Edition: 10th ed.Description: 176 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.ISBN: 9783721201451; 3721201450.Other title: Raster Systeme für die visuelle Gestaltung: ein Handbuch für Grafiker, Typografen und Ausstellungsgestalter.Subject(s): Graphic design (Typography) | Grids (Typographic design) | Layout (Printing)
Incomplete contents:
Foreword -- The book -- Grid and design philosophy -- The typographic grid -- What is the purpose of the grid? -- Sizes of paper -- The typographic measuring system -- Typeface alphabets -- Width of column -- Leading -- Margin Proportions -- Page numbers -- Body and display faces -- Construction of the type area -- Construction of the grid -- Type and picture area with 8 grid fields -- Type and picture area with 20 grid fields -- Type and picture area with 32 grid fields -- The photograph in the grid system -- The illustration in the grid system -- Solid tint in the grid system -- Practical examples -- The grid system in corporate identity -- The grid in three-dimensional dsign -- Examples of exhibitions -- System of order in ancient and modern times -- Concluding remarks -- Bibliography -- List of artists.
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Bibliography: p. 175-176.

Foreword -- The book -- Grid and design philosophy -- The typographic grid -- What is the purpose of the grid? -- Sizes of paper -- The typographic measuring system -- Typeface alphabets -- Width of column -- Leading -- Margin Proportions -- Page numbers -- Body and display faces -- Construction of the type area -- Construction of the grid -- Type and picture area with 8 grid fields -- Type and picture area with 20 grid fields -- Type and picture area with 32 grid fields -- The photograph in the grid system -- The illustration in the grid system -- Solid tint in the grid system -- Practical examples -- The grid system in corporate identity -- The grid in three-dimensional dsign -- Examples of exhibitions -- System of order in ancient and modern times -- Concluding remarks -- Bibliography -- List of artists.

Parallel English and German text.