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5 Best Grid Systems For Designers And Developers
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Almost everyone who is in the web-design and web-development business has his or her own collection of various tools that are used to help him or her crate a brand new project in the shortest period of time possible. These include: various plug-ins, all sorts of templates, sources and so on. It is important to note that all these tools should not diminish the quality of the new project, just simplify the process of creation. However, besides the tools mentioned above, a web-designer should have within his reach a collection of helpful grid systems. Grid systems can be used as a base for the entire project. They have proven to be a very good time saver. One should not mistake the foundational grids that are provided with the original HTML and CSS files with the grids listed in the following text. These examples are, in my opinion and experience, the best grid systems available:
- The 1kb CSS Grid (download link: http://1kbgrid.com/)
This is definitely the “lightest” grid system in comparison to any other. But, this does not mean that it is not good, in fact, it has all the things a web-designer needs in order to conduct a very good and effective web-page. The picture clearly states the number of columns, the column width and the gutter width. Depending on the desired values, one can create a web-page from 450 pixels to 1600 pixels.
- The 1200px Grid System (download link: http://1200px.com/)
This grid system is used for the creation of templates that are going to fit neatly when viewed on a widescreen (16:9) monitor. The developers of this grid have chosen the number 1200 as this a very flexible base number to work with. This number can be divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 40, 48, 60, 80, 120, 150, 200, 240, 300, 400 and (last but not least) 600. This is a variable grid system, which means that it is a fast way to generate an underlying CSS grid for any web-site.
- The Responsive Grid System (download link: http://www.responsivegridsystem.com/)
If the reader thinks that this is yet another simple CSS framework, then he or she is wrong (as the picture states). This is a full grid system that can be used to create any sort of web-site layout that can fit any screen size including screens on various mobile phones. The number of columns as well as the width of scales is unlimited. It allows fitting the content to the grid rather than vice versa. There are many other advantages of this grid system that can be viewed when the reader follows the download link.
- The Golden Grid System (download link: http://goldengridsystem.com/)
This grid system has 16 fluid columns which can cover any screen size from 240 to 2560 pixels. The screen is actually divided into 18 columns, but both the leftmost and the rightmost columns are used as an outer margin of the grid itself. The gutters (space between two columns) are defined as “elastic” which means that they are proportional to the font size of the web-page. The baseline grid is “zoomable”, which helps a lot in the web-design process when making the text seem more readable on big and small monitors is concerned.
- The Grid Designer (download link: http://grid.mindplay.dk/)
This is a very useful grid system. It gives the web-designer the opportunity to set any and all values considering columns, pixels, gutters and margins (as displayed in the picture). This grid system is dedicated for advanced web-designers and developers who know exactly what they are doing at all times. Nevertheless it can be very helpful even for beginners. They just have to do a little research first.
To sum up, after going through everything that has been written above, one can conclude that a grid system can be very helpful in the web-design and development business. It is advisable to follow the download links supplied, if the reader wants to find out more information about any of the five grid system mentioned above. All of them have proven to be very good and efficient when this writer tested them. It is up to the reader to choose what he or she thinks is best for his or her needs.
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2012-11-10 23:26:02
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