Reply To: Baseline Grid: Text Variations in a Book Layout

Hi Isidore,
Glad you found the link helpful.

RE: your question to Dwayne, if I may jump in:

The key to the extract text is that it would NOT be set to align to the baseline grid. But as long as the (body) text surrounding it DOES align, then I believe the balance of the spread should be fine. Unless you have a very long extract that isn’t surrounded by body text. And in fact the extract could start at the top or fall at the bottom of the main frame; it’s only the first (if at the top), or last (if at the bottom), line, that must align to the grid to keep the baseline alignment of the spread.

Don’t let Tschichold boss you around too much. ; )