From f4cb46d30006960df4ac910f505ed6aa4a813b8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tynan Purdy Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 18:16:14 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] proper project description --- README.md | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index dbe51c3..b090dfd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,15 @@ -# grids -Proportional Grid Generator +# Grids +A typesetting tool for creating functional page grids with accurately sized type. + +Based on Josef Müller-Brockmann's [📙 *Grid systems in graphic design*](https://www.niggli.ch/en/produkt/grid-systems-in-graphic-design/). + +## Why +Creating pixel perfect typeset grids is not hard, but it is inaccessible because [text is not the size it says it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zg3NnqWz9U). You have to do a manual process of measuring letterforms directly to calcualate the correct type size and line spacing to match your grid. + +🤔 hold on, calculate?... isn't that, like, what computers are good at?? + +Precisely! + +## What +A local electron app that takes your grid specifications and choice of typeface, crunches the numbers, and returns a preview of your type grid and the exact layout and type parameters to input in your design software (InDesign, Affinity, Figma, etc.) + -- 2.51.2