Hi Denis - For lack of anyone else weighing in, I'll say this ... To my knowledge there are no tech issues to large numbers of columns or odd numbers. The page weight increases (larger CSS) as you add columns because there are 6 or so new style rules for each added column. Maintainability gets more difficult in a team environment as it's harder to figure out what you did and why. If you are after a certain pixel-perfect alignment, it may be more advantageous to simply plug in the sizes you want and forget about grid abstractions.
>From a design prespective, you begin to lose elegance when the columns are not easily divisible into thirds, fourths, sixths and eighths. That's the magic of 24 - it easily accomodates those splits and splits of those splits. If you have a design reason to go odd, go odd. Look at Eric Meyer's complex spiral project all based on the rule of thirds - that would take you to unusual column sizes if followed recursively for several splits with mathematical precision. Grids are the online equivalent of graph paper - pick a size that seems to support your design intentions and run with it. You can always resize the grid - look at the Compass project to see blueprint grids resized on the fly. Gutters can be any size as well - just like margins. If they get too small, the page becomes harder to read due to lack of whitespace / separation of text from nearby edges, but the judge of that is you, the designer. If you are prepending or appending to make larger effective gutters, then gutter size becomes less significant as the total whitespace is what's visually important. Only you know where the grid and gutter lines are. There are no right or wrong answers. Duke ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denis" <[email protected]> To: "Blueprint CSS" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:25 AM Subject: [BP #3134] Re: Grid Calculation Do's and Don't (Some help please) Thanks for that Sam, I found another good one here: http://bluecalc.groupion.com/index.php But what I'm after is do's and don'ts for grids like; Is it ok to uses gutters below 8px? Is there any cons to having a large number of columns apart from the extra counting? (32+) Does using odd numbers for columns/gutters/width of columns cause issues down the line? Thanks Denis On Jun 25, 12:43 pm, Sam Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > http://sharebrain.info/resources/daily-helpers/layout-grid-bookmarkle...http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2006/07/layout_grid_bookmarklet/ > <http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2006/07/layout_grid_bookmarklet/>there > is > another gridbookmarklet better than Andy Budds it allows you to load an > adjustable grid over anypage but site is down (I am pretty certain this is > the one I am thinking about)http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/article/Grid > - S > > 2009/6/25 Denis <[email protected]> > > > > > I also meant to ask about any guidelines there are for defining my > > grid, such as avoiding odd numbers etc. > > > Is there any tutorials on this kind of thing? > > > On Jun 24, 5:30 pm, Denis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Been reading material on BlueprintCSS for a few days now and gone > > > through some of the demos etc. Really interested in sitting down and > > > applying this framework. The project I'm on is a re-design rather than > > > a green-field. > > > > I'm supporting 1024x768 as my base resolution. My header currently has > > > a bg colour running the full width of any resolution and I think the > > > footer may as well. I mention this because the design will have a drop > > > shadow on the left and right of the container. > > > > I want to use as much of the screen as possible and after some testing > > > on different monitors I think I can stretch to 996px without impacting > > > the user experience. > > > > After usinghttp://www.29digital.net/grid/toget an idea of the > > > column and gutter I settled on: > > > > 24 columns > > > 30px width > > > 12px gutter > > > 996px total > > > > The problem I then ran into was that the design needs smaller columns > > > (approx 20px) to ensure I can match up the layout. > > > > My questions are; how should I factor (if at all) in the drop shadow? > > > What grid combination should I be looking at? > > > > Cheers > > > Denis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.91/2201 - Release Date: 06/25/09 06:22:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Blueprint CSS" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blueprintcss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
