Designing with Grids in InDesign (2019)

On July 21, 2019

Release date:2019, June 19

Duration:02 h 07 m

Author:Nigel French

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Take the guesswork out of your InDesign layouts. Whether it’s a business card, a poster, a digital magazine, or a printed book, your design will look better if you use a grid. Join designer Nigel French as he takes you through a brief history of grids—why you should use them and when you should break them. He shows you how to establish margins and columns, set up a modular grid, and how to fit text to a baseline grid. Plus, learn how to use the powerful Gridify tool and break the grid for graphic effect using images.

Topics include:
Why grids matter
Setting up a modular grid
Determining margins, page size, and aspect ratio
Creating a baseline grid
Creating a cap height grid
Text wraps and grids
Object styles and grid
Using the Gridify feature
Breaking your grid with images
Shaping text frames

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0 – Introduction
E0 – Creating better designs with grids

1 – 1. Grids- An Overview
E1 – Why grids matter
E2 – Grid terminology
E3 – Some permutations of a 12-column grid

2 – 2. Setting Up a Grid
E4 – Page size and aspect ratio
E5 – Determining margins
E6 – Setting up a modular grid, part 1
E7 – Adding a document grid
E8 – Adjusting the leading value

3 – 3. Using a Baseline Grid in InDesign
E10 – Potential problems with the baseline grid
E11 – Bottoming out
E12 – Subheads
E13 – Accommodating paragraphs with different leading
E14 – Halving your baseline grid increment
E15 – Using a custom baseline grid
E16 – Creating a cap height grid
E17 – Using First Baseline options instead of locking to the baseline grid
E9 – Setting up a baseline grid