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Inset Text Blog Layout

This is a quick Photoshop mockup of blog layout on a grid.

 

I made this when I was bored -- I was experimenting with the Inset text effect and somehow it turned into a grid-based layout mockup.

 

I'm obsessed with the Grid. It satisfies my need for organization, harmony, structure, simplicity, and balance. I think I'm one of the last remaining people in this world who still uses a ruler on a regular basis to create straight lines (or to use pen and paper on a regular basis, for that matter).

 

Someday I'll convert this into a free WordPress theme.

 

The layout's typography is supposed to be Grid-based (horizontal and vertical); I used the 12 column 960.gs template even though I'd probably write the CSS myself instead of using the framework's stylesheets. I'm not very happy with the color scheme and I can see some spots where it looks like there's poor background/foreground color contrast issues.

 

A product of boredom! :)

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Uploaded on September 3, 2009
Taken on September 3, 2009