Grid
A declared set of columns, rows and gutters that every element aligns to, so that decisions about position stop being made one at a time.
Near it
Modular grid
Column grid
Gutter
Baseline grid
Swiss typography
BentoWhite spaceAlignmentAsymmetric typographyBauhausGolden ratioIsolation by space or by containerMarginRule of thirds
What it is made of
| columns | the vertical divisions | |
| gutter | the space between them, and the only place a gap belongs | |
| margin | the space outside the outermost columns | |
| module | a column crossed with a row, in a grid that has both |
Where it came from
Old as printing, formalised as a design method in postwar Switzerland and written down by Müller-Brockmann in 1981.
Sources
- Grid Systems in Graphic Design, Josef Müller-Brockmann not read