Posts Tagged "vertical rhythm"

A big deal has been made of Flatiron’s impeccable baseline grid, which keeps text precisely aligned. But what happens when an image is added to the mix? Since images can be any height, it’s difficult to ensure the text stays on the grid when a picture is added.
To keep images aligned with the baseline grid, [...]

Content should always be composed to a baseline grid — a ladder of lines determining where each line of text starts. The baseline grid is crucial for maintaining your site’s vertical rhythm, allowing for ease of reading and a pleasing composition.
Surprisingly, many websites do not have any sort of baseline grid. Content is spaced arbitrarily, [...]