Designer's Toolkit: 500 Grids and Style Sheets

A grid is used to create consistency and visual harmony throughout a multi-page or multi-screen document; it is the invisible structure underlying the design.

As such, choosing and using the right grid is one of the secrets to creating successful, professional-looking work. The Designer’s Toolkit: 500 Grids & Style Sheets is the fast-track way to identifying and employing the best design template for the job – whether you’re designing a newsletter, a sales flyer or a web page. It is a unique book-plus-CD kit.

On the CD you will find 500 page and screen templates in file formats for the most commonly used design applications – Adobe InDesign, Quark XPress, and Dreamweaver. They are all ready-to-use as they stand or can be customised to particular purposes. In the book, you will find all the instructions you need on how to make the best of them, together with expert help and advice on understanding the issues involved in design for either print or screen.

The Designer’s Toolkit: 500 Grids & Style Sheets will help both experienced and novice designers create effective, original and sophisticated designs.