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Contents
5 Introduction 7 Project Elements and Process 10 Constraints and Options 11 The Circle and Composition 14 Nonobjective Elements 17 1. Axial System 19 Professional Examples Thumbnails 5 2. Radial System 7 Professional Examples 40 Thumbnails 5 3. Dilatational System 55 Professional Examples 58 Thumbnails 71 4. Random System 7 Professional Examples 76 Thumbnails 87 5. Grid System 89 Professional Examples 9 Thumbnails 105 6. Transitional System 107 Professional Examples 110 Thumbnails 1 1 7. Modular System 1 Professional Examples 1 6 Thumbnails 1 9 8. Bilateral System 141 Professional Examples 144 Thumbnails 158 Index

Typographic organization has always been a complex system in that there are so many elements at play, such as hierarchy, order of reading, legibility, and contrast. In Typographic Systems, Kim Elam, author of our bestselling books, Geometry of Design and Grid Systems, explores eight major structural frameworks beyond the gridincluding random, radial, modular, and bilateralsystems. By taking the reader through exercises, student work, and professional examples, Elam offers a broad range of design solutions.
Once essential visual organization systems are understood the designer can fluidly organize words or images within a structure, combination of structures, or a variation of a structure. With clarity and substance, each systemfrom the structured axis to the nonhierarchical radial arrayis explained and explored so that the reader comes away with a better understanding of these intricate complex arrangements. Typographic Systems is the seventh title in our bestselling Design Briefs series, which has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide.