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Re: The Square Grid - New CSS-Grid

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I like the fact that more people are trying to incorporate baselines into their grid. This is another one I found ( http://baselinecss.com/ ) but I much prefer the one in the OP.

Baselines are a very nice touch, but always use judgement and don't be afraid to step out of those guidelines (or adjust the design) when you need to.

The Baseline homepage is generally aesthetically pleasing, but goes a bit overboard: the top-right introductory text sticks out sorely with its font size : line height ratio.

Re: The Square Grid - New CSS-Grid

#7

  When writing your code simply assign the "sg-" class to
  your box elements.
That's why I don't like CSS frameworks: they throw the very idea of separation of content from presentation out of the window :(

Re: The Square Grid - New CSS-Grid

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I never understood what these CSS "frameworks" are supposed to do for me. Define the width of the two columns on my page? I just don't get it. This is a serious question, I'm not mocking/trolling, so I'd appreciate somebody enlightens me.

edit: thanks for the answers guys. I still don't get it though, it's just a couple of lines of CSS in this "frameworks". Oh well, I guess I just don't get it ...

Re: The Square Grid - New CSS-Grid

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I like the fact that more people are trying to incorporate baselines into their grid. This is another one I found ( http://baselinecss.com/ ) but I much prefer the one in the OP.

Baselines are a very nice touch, but always use judgement and don't be afraid to step out of those guidelines (or adjust the design) when you need to. The Baseline homepage is generally aesthetically pleasing, but goes a bit overboard: the top-right introductory text sticks out sorely with its font size : line height ratio.

True. I mean, on the startup I'm working on (http://www.votereports.org), I threw away baselines on the instructional area largely because I wanted to make the page seem more dynamic and very different from rigid designs I've seen other people do.

Baselines traditionally make a lot more sense in print design (especially books). But it's nice to have this option on the web.

Re: The Square Grid - New CSS-Grid

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I like the fact that more people are trying to incorporate baselines into their grid. This is another one I found ( http://baselinecss.com/ ) but I much prefer the one in the OP.

I've never heard the term "baseline". Would you mind explaining what that means?
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