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Quick answers
When should I pick Slide and document grid?
When the story is: PowerPoint or Google Slides, one-pagers, classroom posters.
When should I avoid Slide and document grid?
Skip it in cases like: stacking free-floating boxes with no shared edges.
Who invented or popularised it?
Swiss grid systems; later presentation templates and CSS Grid
What does it encode?
columns, gutters and margins as a shared spatial system
Is it OK in ads?
Yes if one claim is visible at a glance in Meta, Google and retail print; otherwise link to a full figure.
Will a teacher accept it?
Yes for lab reports and poster boards if axes, units and a source line are present.
Slide and document grid encodes values as columns, gutters and margins as a shared spatial system. Swiss grid systems; later presentation templates and CSS Grid.
In reports, ads and assignments it fits PowerPoint or Google Slides, one-pagers, classroom posters. Skip it when stacking free-floating boxes with no shared edges.
Parts
- Mark — The core mark of Slide and document grid is columns, gutters and margins as a shared spatial system.
- Scale — The scale must show zero (or a declared break) and units.
- Axis — Axis titles name the variable, not a mood.
- Legend — A legend is weaker than a direct label. Write beside the mark when you can.
- Label — Numbers are optional. If comparison is the job, label the ends only.
- Grid — Keep the grid faint. Data should own the ink.
- Annotation — One annotation sentence. Date the source.
- Frame — A thin frame. Never a 3-D box.
Variants
- 12-column grid — Variant 1 of Slide and document grid (12-column grid). Same encoding, different layout.
- Margin system — Variant 2 of Slide and document grid (Margin system). Same encoding, different layout.
- Deck layout — Variant 3 of Slide and document grid (Deck layout). Same encoding, different layout.
- Slide and document grid 4 — Variant 4 of Slide and document grid (Slide and document grid 4). Same encoding, different layout.
Labels
- Axis — On Slide and document grid, make Mark readable.
- Legend — On Slide and document grid, make Scale readable.
- Label — On Slide and document grid, make Axis readable.
- Grid — On Slide and document grid, make Legend readable.
- Annotation — On Slide and document grid, make Label readable.
Slide and document grid: honour columns, gutters and margins as a shared spatial system, and switch when stacking free-floating boxes with no shared edges.