Chapter Four Reflection

Chapter Four Reflection

Chapter four of Typographic Design: Form and Communication discusses and explains many interesting topics full of information. Within the first few paragraphs of the chapter the authors describes how the first form of typographical grids was created all the way back in 3000 BCE. I found it to be quite fascinating that even in the earliest forms of writing there was organizational structure within their forms of type. As I continued to read I was informed about space and its importance in typographic communication. When talking about structure and space the author says, “when typographic elements are introduced into space, they create subliminal divisions, and these divisions create spatial structure” (67). I have always heard that the space between any type creates its form, but reading about that concept and looking at images that portray the same idea helped me further understand it. One of the most compelling concepts that I read during this chapter was the idea of modular grids. The section started off by saying that “the modular grid offers opportunities to present more complex information with a high degree of accuracy and complexity” (78). At first when I read this quote, along with the rest of the information regarding modular grids, I was a little confused on the importance and structure of them. But as soon as I looked away from the text that was provided and dove deeper into the supporting images I began to understand how modular grids truly function. In the visuals provided there is one image of fully developed text and another image below that shows the modular grid to explain how the book page is laid out. This visual explanation helped me grasp the concept of grids and how they operate.