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 /

Müller-Brockmann, Josef, 1914-1996,

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 / Raster Systeme für die visuelle Gestaltung : ein Handbuch für Grafiker, Typografen und Ausstellungsgestalter Josef Müller-Brockmann ; [English version by D.Q. Stephenson]. - Twenty edition. - 176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 design -- Examples of exhibitions -- System of order in ancient and modern times -- Concluding remarks -- Bibliography -- List of artists.


Parallel English and German text.

9783721201451


Graphic design (Typography)
Grids (Typographic design)
Layout (Printing)



--Reading book

686.224 / MÜL