Flipping Pages: Details in Editorial and Page Layout Design

Exploring layout design from the inside out, Flipping Pages offers an insightful look at what makes book design really sing. This useful book opens with its most practical chapter – Laid Out for all to See. Herein, the elements of an optimal layout design; from symmetry to composition, the use grids and paragraph rules, and best practices for production ready files are explained in great detail. The book then moves on to provide ample material designers can draw on for inspiration. These showcase sections of top-notch layout examples are offered both with and without overlaying grid systems. Finally, the book offers a glossary of terms followed by binding, folding and paper size resources.