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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.
Hi,
I’m creating a magazine layout for one of my classes and my professor is absolutely horrible. He has not talked about the grid system at all, and I only learned about the 12 part grid system through my own researching. Anyways, I digress… is there any reason why there are no horizontal lines in the 12 part grid system?
the horizontal lines would come in the form of a baseline grid. I usually use a 12 pt grid for that..