Modular Type System
モジュラー・タイプシステム / modernist–variable type / Layout / Type Design
Locks sizes and spacing to a few ratios, one consistent voice across changing media.
Ratio scales / Repeating hierarchy / Baseline grid / Variable widths
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Extending consistent hierarchy across pages and media · Making design decisions reproducible by a team
- Type
- One family, developed through weight, width and size
- Composition
- A 4–8px base unit and three to six type steps
- Material
- Fix the rules of size, leading and margin before color
- Caution
- Rule-keeping is not the goal. Leave room for the content's exceptions.
- Further study
- typographic scales / variable font systems