Comments on: Grid Systems – Making grids in Illustrator 2 http://font.is/2009/06/grid-systems-making-grids-in-illustrator-2/ Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:06:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://font.is/2009/06/grid-systems-making-grids-in-illustrator-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4431 admin Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:20:33 +0000 http://font.is/?p=1251#comment-4431 @torin: I would love to see your Numbers file (sigurarm@islenska.is) I never seem to get enough of investigating grid making. You are correct about Garde's method. I made this little variation of it. The imagelines / toplines can easily be multiplied for every row in the Transform effects using the correct leading for vertical copy and multiply for every line. I just thought it was a bit busy to have it for every line. Personally I use square Document Grid more often. You are probably aware of the calculator I have here online too: http://font.is/EasyGrid/EasyGridCalculator.htm Maybe I should make another one with proportional Document Grid? Thanks for dropping by and commenting.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4431','admin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4431','admin','@torin: I would love to see your Numbers file (sigurarm@islenska.is) I never seem to get enough of investigating grid making.\r\n\r\nYou are correct about Garde\'s method. I made this little variation of it. The imagelines \/ toplines can easily be multiplied for every row in the Transform effects using the correct leading for vertical copy and multiply for every line. I just thought it was a bit busy to have it for every line.\r\n\r\nPersonally I use square Document Grid more often. You are probably aware of the calculator I have here online too: http:\/\/font.is\/EasyGrid\/EasyGridCalculator.htm Maybe I should make another one with proportional Document Grid?\r\n\r\nThanks for dropping by and commenting.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @torin: I would love to see your Numbers file (sigurarm@islenska.is) I never seem to get enough of investigating grid making.

You are correct about Garde’s method. I made this little variation of it. The imagelines / toplines can easily be multiplied for every row in the Transform effects using the correct leading for vertical copy and multiply for every line. I just thought it was a bit busy to have it for every line.

Personally I use square Document Grid more often. You are probably aware of the calculator I have here online too: http://font.is/EasyGrid/EasyGridCalculator.htm Maybe I should make another one with proportional Document Grid?

Thanks for dropping by and commenting.

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]]> By: torin http://font.is/2009/06/grid-systems-making-grids-in-illustrator-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4418 torin Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:44:55 +0000 http://font.is/?p=1251#comment-4418 It also takes into account Illustrator’s horrible lead control, and makes a functional grid—in spite of it.
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]]> By: torin http://font.is/2009/06/grid-systems-making-grids-in-illustrator-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4417 torin Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:43:15 +0000 http://font.is/?p=1251#comment-4417 This construction (while elegant) doesn't quite match up with Garde's format. That one requires the inclusion of text height into the creation of all Rows (what I refer to as Toplines). I have a .numbers file I'd love to send you, that makes all of the calculations easier, and even yields a cleaner working grid :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4417','torin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4417','torin','This construction (while elegant) doesn\'t quite match up with Garde\'s format.\r\nThat one requires the inclusion of text height into the creation of all Rows (what I refer to as Toplines).\r\n\r\nI have a .numbers file I\'d love to send you, that makes all of the calculations easier, and even yields a cleaner working grid :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> This construction (while elegant) doesn’t quite match up with Garde’s format.
That one requires the inclusion of text height into the creation of all Rows (what I refer to as Toplines).

I have a .numbers file I’d love to send you, that makes all of the calculations easier, and even yields a cleaner working grid :)

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]]> By: Иван Сычев http://font.is/2009/06/grid-systems-making-grids-in-illustrator-2/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Иван Сычев Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:44:25 +0000 http://font.is/?p=1251#comment-337 Бедность учит, а счастье портит. :)
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]]> By: John del Rosario http://font.is/2009/06/grid-systems-making-grids-in-illustrator-2/comment-page-1/#comment-336 John del Rosario Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:19:01 +0000 http://font.is/?p=1251#comment-336 oh, that's cool. :) i'll be waiting then. thanks!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('336','John del Rosario'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('336','John del Rosario','oh, that\'s cool. :)\n\ni\'ll be waiting then. thanks!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> oh, that’s cool. :)

i’ll be waiting then. thanks!

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]]> By: Sigurdur Armannsson http://font.is/2009/06/grid-systems-making-grids-in-illustrator-2/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Sigurdur Armannsson Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:45:56 +0000 http://font.is/?p=1251#comment-335 Right now the spreadsheet is kind of a mess as I left it few months back. What I need to do is to clean it up a lot and write some text around each formula so it makes sense to anyone else than me. But when I can get back to that and finish I am pretty sure I'll make it available in some way or another. I really didn't think that far, but it's not a bad idea. Sorry to keep you waiting but I am a bit short of time these days. I will, when the time comes, advertise that properly. Thanks for your interest.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('335','Sigurdur Armannsson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('335','Sigurdur Armannsson','Right now the spreadsheet is kind of a mess as I left it few months back. What I need to do is to clean it up a lot and write some text around each formula so it makes sense to anyone else than me.\n\nBut when I can get back to that and finish I am pretty sure I\'ll make it available in some way or another. I really didn\'t think that far, but it\'s not a bad idea. Sorry to keep you waiting but I am a bit short of time these days. I will, when the time comes, advertise that properly.\n\nThanks for your interest.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Right now the spreadsheet is kind of a mess as I left it few months back. What I need to do is to clean it up a lot and write some text around each formula so it makes sense to anyone else than me.

But when I can get back to that and finish I am pretty sure I’ll make it available in some way or another. I really didn’t think that far, but it’s not a bad idea. Sorry to keep you waiting but I am a bit short of time these days. I will, when the time comes, advertise that properly.

Thanks for your interest.

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]]> By: John del Rosario http://font.is/2009/06/grid-systems-making-grids-in-illustrator-2/comment-page-1/#comment-334 John del Rosario Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:27:03 +0000 http://font.is/?p=1251#comment-334 Hi, thanks for this great tutorial. you mentioned you put the equations on a spreadsheet. can you make it available for download? :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('334','John del Rosario'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('334','John del Rosario','Hi,\n\nthanks for this great tutorial.\n\nyou mentioned you put the equations on a spreadsheet.\n\ncan you make it available for download? :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hi,

thanks for this great tutorial.

you mentioned you put the equations on a spreadsheet.

can you make it available for download? :)

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]]> By: The Grid Calculator : font.is http://font.is/2009/06/grid-systems-making-grids-in-illustrator-2/comment-page-1/#comment-333 The Grid Calculator : font.is Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:25:03 +0000 http://font.is/?p=1251#comment-333 [...] may have seen what I wrote about the Grid Calculator in other articles. If not, this standalone calculator is a tool to speed up calculations when you are making [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('333','The Grid Calculator : font.is'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('333','The Grid Calculator : font.is','[...] may have seen what I wrote about the Grid Calculator in other articles. If not, this standalone calculator is a tool to speed up calculations when you are making [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> […] may have seen what I wrote about the Grid Calculator in other articles. If not, this standalone calculator is a tool to speed up calculations when you are making […]
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]]> By: Sigurdur Armannsson http://font.is/2009/06/grid-systems-making-grids-in-illustrator-2/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Sigurdur Armannsson Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:07:31 +0000 http://font.is/?p=1251#comment-332 Carlo. This was an error of my behalf which I have corrected. It should and does now read: Click in the upper left corner were the rules meet and drag to the upper left corner of your page to move the zero point of the rulers. As you experienced, double-click moves the zero point to the lower-left corner. Thanks for pointing that out. And great to hear that you like these articles. It's always great to hear readers comments.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('332','Sigurdur Armannsson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('332','Sigurdur Armannsson','Carlo. This was an error of my behalf which I have corrected. It should and does now read: Click in the upper left corner were the rules meet and drag to the upper left corner of your page to move the zero point of the rulers.\n\n\n\nAs you experienced, double-click moves the zero point to the lower-left corner.\n\n\n\nThanks for pointing that out. And great to hear that you like these articles. It\'s always great to hear readers comments.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Carlo. This was an error of my behalf which I have corrected. It should and does now read: Click in the upper left corner were the rules meet and drag to the upper left corner of your page to move the zero point of the rulers.

As you experienced, double-click moves the zero point to the lower-left corner.

Thanks for pointing that out. And great to hear that you like these articles. It’s always great to hear readers comments.

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]]> By: carlo http://font.is/2009/06/grid-systems-making-grids-in-illustrator-2/comment-page-1/#comment-331 carlo Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:07:42 +0000 http://font.is/?p=1251#comment-331 With these two articles you really make me understand how in practice I can use grids on my designs. I love modularity and smart standardisation in every thing from business cards to objects, i.e. in everything design is about. So I have to thank you because these articles are really well written and very understandable even for 'beginners' in this field. I have only a very little problem in illustrator: when I double-click on the top-left corner of the rulers it seems it doesn't happen anything, the vertical ruler still starts from the bottom instead of top. Is it a CS4 feature? I use CS3, but i don't think this is the point. Anyone can solve this?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('331','carlo'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('331','carlo','With these two articles you really make me understand how in practice I can use grids on my designs.\n\nI love modularity and smart standardisation in every thing from business cards to objects, i.e. in everything design is about.\n\n\n\nSo I have to thank you because these articles are really well written and very understandable even for \'beginners\' in this field.\n\n\n\nI have only a very little problem in illustrator: when I double-click on the top-left corner of the rulers it seems it doesn\'t happen anything, the vertical ruler still starts from the bottom instead of top. Is it a CS4 feature? I use CS3, but i don\'t think this is the point.\n\nAnyone can solve this?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> With these two articles you really make me understand how in practice I can use grids on my designs.

I love modularity and smart standardisation in every thing from business cards to objects, i.e. in everything design is about.

So I have to thank you because these articles are really well written and very understandable even for ‘beginners’ in this field.

I have only a very little problem in illustrator: when I double-click on the top-left corner of the rulers it seems it doesn’t happen anything, the vertical ruler still starts from the bottom instead of top. Is it a CS4 feature? I use CS3, but i don’t think this is the point.

Anyone can solve this?

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