Adobe InDesign for Beginners
Course 5: Spaces: Working with a Baseline Grid 1
By Jamie Sanchez Hearn , Graphic Designer and Lecturer
Joined February 2020
Joined February 2020
About the video: Working with a Baseline Grid 1
Overview
“I will explain why we may use a baseline grid in certain designs, and its advantages for enhancing organization and typographic detailing. We will cover the baseline grid features, how to change point and leading size, and how to make it respond effectively to our margin and page structure.”
In this video lesson Jamie Sanchez Hearn addresses the topic: Working with a Baseline Grid 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 5: Spaces. Learn about page options and the different kinds of documents you can create..
Partial transcription of the video
“we can use a baseline grid within our design to enhance the typographic detailing and organization. In this lesson, we're going to explore the baseline grid options, such as changing the point and leading size, and ensuring that our baseline grid is responsive to both our margin and our page. Let's go. We call the bottom edge that all typographic characters sit upon the baseline. A baseline grid is a guide for aligning characters to a common baseline, This can be applied when type is set in columns or is set in different sizes. This is a small detail that elevates the overall neatness and q...”
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Course summary for: Course 5: Spaces
Jamie Sanchez Hearn
By Jamie Sanchez Hearn
Jamie Sanchez Hearn is an English graphic designer and lecturer with over ten years of experience in the field. He has worked for creative agencies such as Pentagram, Johnson Banks, Paper Dog, and Landor Associates.
In parallel to working with agencies, he has been teaching at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London for over eight years. Jamie has lectured on a variety of Saint Martin’s undergraduate courses including BA Graphic Communication Design and BA Fashion Journalism. He teaches short courses in Graphic Design for Beginners, Typography and InDesign. Jamie is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.
His specialty and most passionate work lie in creating and teaching in the disciplines of Typography, Branding, and Editorial Design. He enjoys sharing the curiosity for how Art and Design can collectively improve our everyday lives.
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