In this terrific rebuttal, Antonio Carusone smacks down the flagrant inaccuracies found in this article at Webdesigner Depot. The article purports to list the various “advantages and disadvantages” of designing with a typographic grid. Carusone does a measured, even-handed job of calling bullshit on the author’s arguments, even while the article’s fundamental misapprehension about the entire subject begs for a much less gentle rebuke.
As an example, here’s just one of many gems, with the author’s original emphasis included:
“Generally speaking (very generally), creative designs should stick to more freedom and not use a grid — or at least use a very lenient one.”
I’d never read Webdesigner Depot before, but based on the quality of this article, I’m pretty sure I’m not missing anything.
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