Book Press Layout Art and Design (2)

three. Modern Layout Art Features

1, boundless layout

Boundless layout refers to the layout without a fixed version, that is, the above-mentioned type of free layout based on the phototypesetting process. In the era of type printing, printing is a very strict frame. With slight changes in the size of the printing plate, a series of heavy work such as re-casting lead bars must be performed. Therefore, the traditional layout can only be edged. The reason why our country's books and periodicals use the boundless layout is that the printing industry generally used photocopying technology until the 1990s. China's lead type printing has only really withdrawn from the historical arena until the end of the last century, when computers became popular, and the boundless layout was completely broken down. It can be assumed that the layout with modern vitality starts from the boundless layout. In recent years, there has been a trend of “bell-bellied” in the layout of books and magazines in China, which is the result of the boundless layout. In particular, magazines, according to the content of the article and its length, the edition may sometimes be roughly full version, bleeding, sometimes small, leaving a lot of white, two or even three sides, very flexible. Boundless layout is not limited by any framework, there is a sufficient degree of freedom, and therefore can also accommodate a variety of design methods.

2, the bottom net, texture, occasional form

This is almost a computer's patent, a brand-new, extremely industrial layout features, and it is also a very important new content in China's books and magazines in recent years. The so-called bottom network is to use color blocks and patterns to set off words to enhance the sense of hierarchy. The so-called texture effect, similar to the natural texture, is mainly through the computer for mechanical processing, forming a hand-painted effect is difficult to achieve, quite modern. The so-called sporadic form is often a special line, form, pattern, and mutual configuration that are inadvertently formed. Sporadic forms have a great deal of freedom. It seems unintentional and it is a painstaking operation.

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