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employing the 12-part grid…
If you would like to employ the 12-part grid in your magazine/newsletter/brochure layout (I suggest that you do) please read on. Assuming that you use Adobe Indesign (why wouldn’t you?), create a new document and set your margins to whatever you prefer (I use half-inch). Then under the Layout menu choose Create Guides. In this dialogue box insert 12 in the column field and check the radio button next to Fit Guides to Margins. This will setup 12 columns inside your desired margin. Now you’re ready to start laying out your magazine or newsletter.
Once you start laying out your design in your 12-part grid, you should see all of your normal alignment issues take care of themselves. Remember to use the W key to switch to preview mode to allow you to see your layout without the guides and bleeds showing.
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RR redesign…finally.
Well… I finally get to redesign the Range Rider from scratch. Until now there has been some need to stick with the old layout and sortof update it little by little. This time is different… I get free reign to do whatever I want. Now I have to figure out what that is exactly. Starting out by changing the fonts to some better ones. I’m also implementing a much needed 12-part grid. These 2 steps alone should cover most of the problems we’ve had in the past. Below is a preview of what my layout looks like so far… This section will still be purple and gold for the most part. The other sections will have colors that actually go with the artwork…This is a first for the Range Rider. 