The answers lie in the fundamental principles discovered by the past, or by earlier generations. p.6

Published by Ahn Graphics, who kept the original printing plates and simply swapped in a Korean text plate,

this is Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris's The Layout Book.

It's a book packed with images, typography, and information, so you can pick up

a working knowledge of various design movements and the fundamentals of layout.

Looking back at the notes I jotted down while reading,

most of them turn out to be about specific concepts.

The book is large and physically heavy, but the content itself doesn't feel that heavy.

It's a genuinely good book for learning the concepts behind layout.

Design that presents information in a way that's both visually pleasing and well organized

is a challenge every graphic designer has to face. p.30

A grid is only the foundation of page composition, there to keep a design unified,

not the final result. Creativity should never be held back for the sake of the grid. p.61

Harry Beck understood that what matters in a transit map is the spatial relationship between stations,

not the geographic accuracy of where each station actually sits. p.75

When a layout controls its flow by giving the text room to breathe here and there,

the reader gets a moment to pause and savor what they've just taken in,

while also building anticipation for what comes next. p.108

The Layout Book