From the course: Typography: Working with Grids
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Breaking out of the grid: Creating movement and dynamism
From the course: Typography: Working with Grids
Breaking out of the grid: Creating movement and dynamism
As a kid, I was crazy about comic books. Maybe you have fond memories of comics, too. Remember how the narrative advanced on page after page full of boxes? Those boxes inside the frame of the page are my first memory of a grid structure. In comics, almost every box seemed to have something bursting out of it. I love grids, but there are times when we just need to break out of the grid! Breaking out of the grid can help create a sense of movement and dynamism in your layouts. Let's look at some great examples of punching through the grid or violating the grid. Sometimes a simple move can have a big effect. Just pushing through the stem of the big capital T creates movement and dynamism. And notice on the photo caption at the right how the little piece of the T carries out the motif. Another way to break out of the grid is to bleed elements off of the screen or page. Popping the giant initial J off to the right adds movement, and it also mirrors the way the image on the facing page…
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